Ladle
29-175-492
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-492 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Bird-body handle. Bird's claws clutch flattened end of oval shaped bowl (which has deep curved sides and flat bottom) Bird's body in line with ladle. Beak, oppos-ing claw of left foot, part of left wing and right corner of tail broken off. Oval hollow in back of head, triangular hollow between tail and wings in back. Claws have nails in them. Small piece at tip of ladle broken off and nailed back on. Bowl of ladle greasy. Red paint lines discernable on head, tail and wings of bird. |
| Length | 117.5 cm |
| Width | 34 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/2984 - Collector Number |
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