Feast spoon with effigy handle representing Dzunuk'wa (a supernatural forest giant)
date: label: Date created
content: 1840-1860
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Previous owner
content: Madge Hardin Walters, Non-Indian, 1870-1958
label: Seller
content: Madge Hardin Walters, Non-Indian, 1870-1958
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Madge Hardin Walters (1870-1958, an avid collector of American Indian artifacts and an amateur ethnologist); purchased by MAI from Madge Hardin Walters in 1933 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Beware Passage; Turnour Island; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: British Columbia mainland coastal islands
label: Island Name
content: Turnour Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Food/Beverage Serving
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/4793
label: Barcode
content: 184793.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food/Beverage Serving
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Feast spoon with effigy handle representing Dzunuk'wa (a supernatural forest giant)
label: Media/Materials
content: Red cedar, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 168 x 39 cm