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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kathy Anderson, post: 1003172, member: 10843&quot;]Was a 30-year Alaskan resident. This is a Potlatch spoon. Some vocabulary: </p><p><br /></p><p>Many folk in Alaska call the panhandle &quot;Southeast&quot; and the art of our wonderful people &quot;Tlingit-Haida&quot; in part because of their legal status as regional ANSCA native folk and in part because some of their art forms have merged.&nbsp; So, it&#039;s a Tlingit-Haida potlatch spoon.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A potlatch is a feast of sharing, both possessions as gifts, and of food.&nbsp; Here, I think (only the artist would know), the beaver has taken a man - a play on the opposite of what may by some be sadly thought as the reality.&nbsp; The beaver has &#039;out-foxed&#039; the hunter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And as a sterling silver spoon, it&#039;s absolutely fabulous and was either gifted to someone in Southeast as a gift of honor, or sold as a tourist item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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