RARE 1920\'S TLINGIT NORTH WEST COAST INDIAN EAGLE POTLATCH SPOON - !
Fresh Honolulu Estate Find - Great carving!
This gorgeous handmade old potlatch spoon displays great skill in carving!
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- Measures 11\" length, 3.5\" wide.
- Handmade of wood.
- Excellent carving work and attention to detail!
- Circa 1920s.
- Condition: Excellent.Original patina as found. For other condition details. please see photos.
- About the Tlingit Tribe and their jewelry:
\"The Tlingit are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America.
The Tlingit are a matrilineal society that developed in the temperate rainforest of the southeast Alaska coast and the Alexander Archipelago. The Tlingit maintained a complex hunter-gatherer culture based on semi-sedentary management of fisheries.The Tlingit culture is multifaceted and complex, a characteristic of Northwest Pacific Coast people with access to easily exploited rich resources. In Tlingit culture a heavy emphasis is placed upon family and kinship, and on a rich tradition of oratory. Wealth and economic power are important indicators of rank, but so is generosity and proper behavior, all signs of \"good breeding\" and ties to aristocracy. Art and spirituality are incorporated in nearly all areas of Tlingit culture, with even everyday objects such as spoons and storage boxes decorated and imbued with spiritual power and historical beliefs of the Tlingits.
Tlingit society is divided into two moieties, the Raven and the Eagle. These in turn are divided into numerous clans, which are subdivided into lineages or house groups. They have a matrilineal kinship system, with descent and inheritance passed through the mother\'s line. These groups have heraldic crests, which are displayed on totem poles, canoes, feast dishes, house posts, weavings, jewelry, and other art forms.\"
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