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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1890
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Materials
wood, maple
Techniques or Format
Wooden spoon (maple) with shallow ovoid bowl and wide open-work handle which narrows toward the top.
Motifs and Patterns
Owl-like bird with ears is carved as seated atop the finial. Effigy pedestal and sides of spoon ornamented with charred file marks.
Additional Context
AC: owl motif may refer to a feast of the dead, since owl harginger of death.
Dimensions:
12.125 × 9.75 × 3.5 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.665
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context:
1978
Collection Narratives and Histories
Exchange with Louisville Museum of Science and History, June 1978.
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26347
Approximate Place of Origin