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Wooden ladle / Unknown

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Essay/Description

Property of Muscogee (Creek) artist Solomon McCombs.

Curatorial Remarks

The shape of this ladle resembles a gourd dipper.

Tags: wood, ladle
People: Native American
Places: Southeast, Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wooden ladle
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek)
Date: 
1970s
Materials/Techniques: 
wood
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Ladle
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margarita McCombs
Accession No: 
73.655
Previous Number(s): 
TL1982; 7327.655; 25870
Department: 
Anthropology
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