Made of horn, with handle, carved with totemic design. Base of handle wrapped with a piece of copper. Handle is mountain goat horn; bowl is sheep horn, shaped by boiling in water and then desired shape is "set" by being dipped in cold oil (Charles Brown).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Such a spoon can be used by anyone. (Remarks by Charles Brown, 12 June 1964).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27 centimeters
Comment:
Tlingit name: s^s (spoon). Remarks: cf. "People of the Potlatch", figs. 19, 20, Audrey Hawthorn, Vancouver Art Gallery and University British Columbia, 1956.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1963-1964 #58: Art Institute of Chicago (February 4, 1964–May 15, 1964), S1963-1964 #91: Haida-Tlingit Organization, Oakland (May 30, 1964–June 1, 1964), and S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)