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Shaman's soapberry spoons (15 of 17)
Shaman's soapberry spoons (15 of 17)
Object Number 69-30-10/1721B
Display Title Shaman's soapberry spoons (15 of 17)
Descriptions
Object Description Shaman's soapberry spoons (in spruce root basket with open twining.) Seventeen spoons: one with abstract negative design (1721.1), another with bird's face and tongue(1721.2). Fourteen labeled 1721B. Used in feasts to eat soapberry froth.
Inventory Description Wooden paddles, some with carved figures
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 38.9 x 3 x 1.3 cm (15 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 15
Label on object 1721
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868 - 1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Small tubular carrying basket
69-30-10/1721A Small tubular carrying basket
Basket
Alaska
Shaman's soapberry spoon
69-30-10/1721.2 Shaman's soapberry spoon
Spoon
Alaska
Shaman's soapberry spoon
69-30-10/1721.1 Shaman's soapberry spoon
Ethnographic
Alaska
Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
15-36-10/86357 Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
Tools
British Columbia
Carved wooden spoon with fish design used only for soapberries
2004.24.25788 Carved wooden spoon with fish design used only for soapberries
Alaska
Soapberry spoon made from sinew of deer's leg.
15-36-10/86358 Soapberry spoon made from sinew of deer's leg.
Spoon
British Columbia
Narrow wooden lime spoons - spatulae
34-15-70/287 Narrow wooden lime spoons - spatulae
Paddle
New Guinea
Small wooden lime spoons - spatulae
34-15-70/288 Small wooden lime spoons - spatulae
Paddle
New Guinea
Lime spoons
18-25-70/D927 Lime spoons
Paddle
Massim
Shaman's skirt
08-7-10/72884 Shaman's skirt
Apron
North America
Straight pipe--wooden stem, plaster bowl: used by shamans in their doctoring
35-120-10/5184 Straight pipe--wooden stem, plaster bowl: used by shamans in their doctoring
Pipe
Nevada
Small deep wooden spoons (kumentuwe) - used by women for tasting food +
48-40-30/7006 Small deep wooden spoons (kumentuwe) - used by women for tasting food +
Raw Material
Spoon
Chile