Spoon
Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art

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Record 531/826
Copyright New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY
Description: Haida Spoon; Medium/Materials: Horn and copper rivets; Marks: Painted in white on bowl of spoon: "Made by the / TSIMSYAN or TLINGIT INDIANS. / 'The bird is either the thunderbird, or the eagle / the crest of the Eagle phratry. The figure below/is the grizzly bear biting a frog. The bear &/the eagle are not closely related as crests' /BARBEAU, 1/6/43/spoon bt --- at THAME, April 1943.";
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