Tofino, Ucluelet & West Coast Art Gallery

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Whale Spoon

This is a soapberry spoon, used to stir soapberries into a flavourful foamy lather called 'Indian Ice Cream'. Soapberries are not found everywhere on the west coast; for this reason the spoons were used as a trading item. This particular one is carved from Western Red Cedar and painted with whale and raven crests by master carver and artist Cecil Dawson of Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.

Product code: 91-28um
Medium: Red Cedar / Acrylic Paint
Length: 10 1/4"
Width: 2"
Weight: 0.034kg

Associated Artwork Categories

FIRST NATIONS

Rattles, Feathers & Spoons, Wall Plaques & Panels

WOOD

Wall Plaques

Meet the artist

Dawson, Cecil

Born into a family of artists, Cecil Dawson began his artistic career at a very young age. His grandfather Jimmy Dick, a totem and mask carver, taught Cecil the intricacies of carving. Cecil also spent time under the tutelage of his cousin, mask c...