Spoon

Museum number:
2-4738
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1134 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Horn spoon; short handle has circle and dot motif incised on front; ridge with incised zigzags on reverse; "Copper River 1879" written in bowl; back of spoon has long sentiment begining with "Hi you muck a muck..." Made of sheep horn.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Copper River, Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Copper River
Culture or time period:
Eyak
Collector:
E. Lennan
Collection date:
1879
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.8 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no.: Neu. cat. 648 (?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4738, described as Horn spoon; short handle has circle and dot motif incised on front; ridge with incised zigzags on reverse; "Copper River 1879" written in bowl; back of spoon has long sentiment begining with "Hi you muck a muck..." Made of sheep horn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4738, described as Horn spoon; short handle has circle and dot motif incised on front; ridge with incised zigzags on reverse; "Copper River 1879" written in bowl; back of spoon has long sentiment begining with "Hi you muck a muck..." Made of sheep horn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4738, described as Horn spoon; short handle has circle and dot motif incised on front; ridge with incised zigzags on reverse; "Copper River 1879" written in bowl; back of spoon has long sentiment begining with "Hi you muck a muck..." Made of sheep horn.

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