"Feeding the Ancestors" presents an exquisite group of carved
spoons from the Pacific Northwest that resides in the collections
of Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Carved
from the horns of mountain goats and Dall sheep, and incorporating
elements of abalone shell and metal, most of the spoons were
collected in Alaska in the late nineteenth century and were made
and used by members of the Tlingit tribe. Hillel Burger's beautiful
color photographs reveal every nuance of the carvers' extraordinary
artistry.
Anne-Marie Victor-Howe introduces the collectors and describes
the means by which these and other ethnographic objects were
acquired. In the process, she paints a vivid picture of the "Last
Frontier" just before and shortly after the United States purchased
Alaska. A specialist in the ethnography of the Native peoples of
the Northwest Coast, Victor-Howe provides a fascinating glimpse
into these aboriginal subsistence cultures as she explains the
manufacture and function of traditional spoons. Her accounts of the
clan stories associated with specific carvings and of the
traditional shamanic uses of spoons are the result of extensive
consultation with Tlingit elders, scholars, and carvers.
"Feeding the Ancestors" is the first scholarly study of
traditional feast spoons and a valuable contribution to our
knowledge of Pacific Northwest Coast peoples and their art.
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