Spoon

Museum number:
1-1318
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Alternate number:
3562 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval. Curved handle with two shallow depressions on top and incisions on bottom.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
F. E. Gist and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16.7 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1318, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval. Curved handle with two shallow depressions on top and incisions on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1318, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval. Curved handle with two shallow depressions on top and incisions on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1318, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval. Curved handle with two shallow depressions on top and incisions on bottom.

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