Spoon

Museum number:
2-4703
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1099 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Possibly used for berries.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf: "People of Potlatch", fig. 16, A. Hawthorn, Vancouver Art Gallery and University of British Columbia, 1956; and "Coast Indians of S. Alaska and N. British Columbia", A.P. Niblack, U.S. National Museum Report, 1888.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4703, described as Carved, wooden soapberry spoon.

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