elegantly formed, having an hourglass-shaped handle flaring to the scoop; rocker-engraved and cutout silver medallion with imagery of a beaver and hearts

length 9-1/2 inches x width of scoop 4 inches

The woodwork creations of the Woodland Indians are introduced through a variety of prestige eating utensils and drinking vessels that proclaimed the discernment and status of their owners... In the same tradition is the Menominee burl ladle (cat. no. 136) with its openwork silver ornament depicting a beaver in profile. (Wardwell, ed., "An Important Third Dimension: American Indian and Eskimo Sculpture" in Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1998: 101).

Published:

First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art (cat. 129, p. 179)

Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker (cat. 136, pg. 101, 120)

Exhibited:

April 2004 to June 2006
National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY
First American Art

May 7, 1989 to January 2, 2000
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Native Paths, American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker, the Metropolitan Museum of Art