Spoon

Museum number:
2-19091
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1885
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Such spoons were distributed to guests at feasts.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters
Loans:
S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1962-1963 #60: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 17, 1963–June 17, 1963), S1964-1965 #49: Alaska Alumni Association, California Chapter (January 15, 1965–January 18, 1965), and S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-19091, described as Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-19091, described as Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-19091, described as Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-19091, described as Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-19091, described as Made of horn. Totemic handle, three copper rivets; mountain goat horn. Label: "Hyder, 1885, Marr to Davidson".

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