Spoon

Museum number:
1-1316
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3560 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval, flat bottomed bowl. Dentate edged handle at acute angle. Holes drilled in "teeth" of handle.
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:
width 6.4 centimeters and length 15.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4845" Published: "AAE XXIV, 7, pl 108 l
Loans:
S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983) and S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-1316, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval, flat bottomed bowl. Dentate edged handle at acute angle. Holes drilled in "teeth" of handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-1316, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval, flat bottomed bowl. Dentate edged handle at acute angle. Holes drilled in "teeth" of handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1316, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval, flat bottomed bowl. Dentate edged handle at acute angle. Holes drilled in "teeth" of handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1316, described as Made of elk antler. Handcarved. Oval, flat bottomed bowl. Dentate edged handle at acute angle. Holes drilled in "teeth" of handle.

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