Effigy Feast Ladle with a Carved Otter on the Handle Finial
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Northeast Woodlands
Woodlands
about 1850
Wood
Overall: 8 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 2 in. (21 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund
2009.58
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11/NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Madeleine McLeester, Fall 2021
ANTH 11.01/NAIS 11.01, Ancient Native Americans, Maddie McLeester, Fall 2022
Art History 38.04, Food & Art: Global History, Nick Camerlenghi, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Provenance
Private Collection, Massachusetts; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2009.
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