Spoon

Museum number:
2-15561
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
74 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-15561, described as Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-15561, described as Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-15561, described as Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-15561, described as Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-15561, described as Clear horn spoon with carved black horn handle riveted to blade. Crude, unpolished.

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