spoon

spoon

spoon

4: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS FOR MATERIALS

FOOD SERVICE Tools & Equipment:

Seminole

Tan, large, wooden spoon.

Tan, large, wooden spoon. Handle is bent at a slight angle. 9 1/2” from the end and is about 1 1/2” wide. The handle is 1/4” thick at the end and gently deepens to 3/4” thick where it connects to the bowl. The end of the handle ends in a gentle point. The carving marks are visible on the handle, but it is polished to a smooth finish. The handle has four distinct faces, with a flat top and bottom and the sides slightly angled inward towards a narrower bottom. The bowl is 5 1/2” L x 3 3/4” W x 1 1/2” D. The walls of the bowl are 1/4” thick at the rim. The exterior is smoothly finished but the interior is more rough. Carving marks are visible on all surfaces. The bottom bowl ends in a relatively flat edge where it flows into the handle and comes to a gentle curve on the other end. It is somewhat oval in shape. The spoon is hand carved from one piece of swamp/bald cypress. It is lightweight for size. Often used for Softkee beverage.

created for sale to tourists, outsiders /
domestic use artifact; everyday artifact without special supernatural meaning

20”L

3 3/4” W

1 1/2” D

1951 1955 own/col

wood(bald/swamp cypress)

carved(hand)

Seminole

EXCEL

Davis, Hilda J. -donation

Davis, Hilda J. anthropological/ethnological
field

1984-06-0064

object

FL

USA

NA

2010 RECAT: Jodine Perkins

2010 RECAT: Hough, Romeyn Beck. 2002. The Wood Book. Entry #119.London: Taschen.

Downs, Dorothy. 1995. Art of the Florida Seminole and the Miccousukee Indians. p. 253 Gainesville: University Press of Florida (on Sofkee spoons)

Sofkee spoons: http://www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest/Highlights.cfm?PageID=21

Indiana University/Mathers Museum