Or ladle. Oil-impregnated yew (?) wood; proximal end of handle has lateral notches.
Donor:
David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Mr. Labell, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Alaskan Interior, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Frederic Ward Putnam and Mr. Labell
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For serving or mixing oil. Wood type and function fide Charles Brown (Tlingit) June 1964.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 39 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), and S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963)