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ladle or bowl
ladle or bowl
ladle or bowl
A belt ladle or bowl with a carved turtle on the underside and a handle in the form of a squatting man. Algonquin and/or Haudenosaunee, made in 17th or 18th century. Purchased by the British Museum from Mrs. Susan Rutter in 2001.
Algonquin and/or Haudenosaunee: the ladle form is generally assumed to be Algonquian. The carved decoration is perhaps Haudenosaunee in origin.
Created with information in the British Museum object catalogue.
Created with information in the British Museum object catalogue.
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Wood, tiger maple.
Carved.
The elongated bowl is carved with a large turtle on the underside, and the handle in the form of a squatting man. The scutes on the carapace of the turtle are incised with lines, and the man's back is also incised with lines indicating the outline of his torso.
This date range in the British Museum's accession record.
Provenance
Purchased by the British Museum from Mrs. Rutter for 65 000 pounds (32 500 pounds from the National Art Collections Fund and $US 15 000 from the American Friends of the British Museum). Mrs. Rutter and her husband purchased the item as an African object at the December 1998 Newark Daily Mail antiques fair.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown Algonquin/Haudenosaunee artist, ladle or bowl. Currently in the British Museum, Am2001,10.1. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 27149.
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Darlene Johnston (DJ), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Cory Willmott (CW).