Feast ladle of red cedar. Carved handle represents a copper replica

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Object Number 17-17-10/87178

Display Title Feast ladle of red cedar. Carved handle represents a copper replica

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Tsihgla

Object Description Feast ladle of red cedar. Carved handle represents a copper replica of a valuable copper broken at a feast.

Inventory Description Ladle, pointed ovoid bowl, ridged to squared handle, brown pigment

Classification

Ladle

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / Village Island / Mamalelegala Village

Additional Geographic Terms Spring Pass; Queen Charlotte Sound

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 105.5 x 30.5 x 26.7 cm (41 9/16 x 12 x 10 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 87178

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

Collector Dr. Charles Frederick Newcombe (1917)

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