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UNIDENTIFIED NORTHWEST COAST ARTIST
Feast Spoon with Totemic Carved Handle, late 19th centurymountain goat horn, 6.75 x 2.25 x 3.25 in (17.1 x 5.7 x 8.3 cm)LOT 6
ESTIMATE: $150 — $250Further images
Mountain goat horns have long been prized by Northwest Coast Indigenous communities for their plastic-like ability to hold sharp lines and their pliability when moulded with steam. The natural hardness...Mountain goat horns have long been prized by Northwest Coast Indigenous communities for their plastic-like ability to hold sharp lines and their pliability when moulded with steam. The natural hardness of the horn also allows for highly detailed carvings of figures to be incised into the handles of spoons, as in this example. Although the formline design on this spoon is difficult to interpret, the large eye and its squarish shape may indicate a Haida origin for this spoon.
CWSProvenance
An Important Private Collection, Camano Island, WA;
by descent in the family to present Private Collection.
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