Spoon

Museum number:
2-48432
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Accession number:
Acc.2679
Description:
Made of silver; end of handle is curved over and has bird head in the round; incised band of arrow-like design, incised band of hemispheres on bowl. "Sitka" engraved on back of bowl.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Sitka
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1970
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Souvenir.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-48432, described as Made of silver; end of handle is curved over and has bird head in the round; incised band of arrow-like design, incised band of hemispheres on bowl. "Sitka" engraved on back of bowl.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-48432, described as Made of silver; end of handle is curved over and has bird head in the round; incised band of arrow-like design, incised band of hemispheres on bowl. "Sitka" engraved on back of bowl.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-48432, described as Made of silver; end of handle is curved over and has bird head in the round; incised band of arrow-like design, incised band of hemispheres on bowl. "Sitka" engraved on back of bowl.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-48432, described as Made of silver; end of handle is curved over and has bird head in the round; incised band of arrow-like design, incised band of hemispheres on bowl. "Sitka" engraved on back of bowl.

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