Spoon, Tlingit people, Klukwan, Alaska, Northwest Coast, Native American, wood

Spoon

Tlingit people, Klukwan, Alaska, Northwest Coast, Native American

Late 19th-early 20th century

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Halibut hook carving made of yew wood to represent the head and tail of an otter, the tail being shown by five incised lines. The piece is somewhat weathered. In the line hole were a wood plug and fragments of a spruce root line so the hook is an old-timer.
Glossy blackware bowl with Avanyu (water serpent) in raised relief within deeply carved recessed band around bowl; tongue of water serpent in shape of zig-zag terminating in arrow. Areas of the recessed band around Avanyu in matte black.
Artist-manipulated digitally reproduced photograph by C.M. (Charles Milton) Bell; subject is Déaxitchish / Pretty Eagle seated, partial figure, three-quarter view, head facing front. Elements of regalia outlined in red; text annotations in red radiate from figure.