Ladle

Museum number:
2-19570
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.904
Description:
Carved wood, handle has carved design representing a copper, painted in red/blue/black.
Donor:
Harwood A. White
Collection place:
Karlukwees, Turnour Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Turnour Island; Karlukwees
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
Stewart Edward White
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ladles
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1947
Context of use:
Feast ladle.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 35 centimeters and length 1.04 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 13-1993. References: see accession 1940-A.
Loans:
S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ladle, accession number 2-19570, described as Carved wood, handle has carved design representing a copper, painted in red/blue/black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ladle, accession number 2-19570, described as Carved wood, handle has carved design representing a copper, painted in red/blue/black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ladle, accession number 2-19570, described as Carved wood, handle has carved design representing a copper, painted in red/blue/black.

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