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Source Description
Elaborate utensils, valuable possessions of Northwest Coast noble clans, were used during potlatch feasts. An imposing eagle hovers, patron-like, over this ladle’s bowl and the bounty it once served; a bear’s head appears on the underside of the bowl. Both may be crests, motifs that, like European heraldry, were exclusive to important families and referred to their histories and rights to control land and resources.
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130674
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Feast Ladle
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object
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130674
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object
title
Feast Ladle
description
Elaborate utensils, valuable possessions of Northwest Coast noble clans, were used during potlatch feasts. An imposing eagle hovers, patron-like, over this ladle’s bowl and the bounty it once served; a bear’s head appears on the underside of the bowl. Both may be crests, motifs that, like European heraldry, were exclusive to important families and referred to their histories and rights to control land and resources.
date
late 1800s–early 1900s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60755552
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Miscellaneous
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
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Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit
accession
1953.386
Source extras
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horn, bone, copper, abalone shell inlay
tombstone
Feast Ladle, late 1800s–early 1900s. Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit. Horn, bone, copper, abalone shell inlay; overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1953.386
collection
AA - Native North America
didYouKnow
An imposing eagle presides over the bowl of this impressive ladle.
citations
citation
Coe, Ralph T. <em>Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art : Exhibition Organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain with the Support of the British-American Associates, [Held at the] Hayward Gallery, London, 7 October 1976-16 January 1977 : Catalogue</em>. [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page_number
p. 146, cat. #326
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 406
citation
Crawford, Virginia. "Northwest Coast Indian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 9 (1978).
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p. 304
citation
Gowing, Lawrence. <em>A History of Art</em>. London: Macmillan, 1995.
page_number
p. 494
citation
Adams, Henry. <em>What's American About American Art?: A Gallery Tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
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p. 24
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 339
creditline
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
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2026-05-29 06:45:34.425000
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130674
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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horn, bone, copper, abalone shell inlay
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