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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Cross Village, Emmett County, MI
Date Made or Date Range:
1875
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Materials
wood
Techniques or Format
Wooden spoon; light blonde color, darker at the handle finial; small, shallow, ovoid bowl; long handle with partially winged base and hooked end.
Motifs and Patterns
top of handle decorated with hot file marks. Handle fluted in between top of handle and joint with spoon on all four 81.118-81.121.
Additional Context
AC: handle looks like birds, possibly a totemic emblem (could be eagle or sparrow hawk, Odawa dodems). These are made much like the way Anishnaabek draw birds on treaties.
Other Notes
Distinctive features of Cross Village spoons: flaring shape of handle where it joins the bowl (DP). This small ones are personal use.
Dimensions:
6.625 × 2.5 × 2 in
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.118
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
Collection Narratives and Histories
Formerly in the collection of: Mrs. Frank Francis, Cross Village, Michigan
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26933
Approximate Place of Origin