Spoon

Museum number:
1-1858
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
442 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Zig zag handle at acute angle to bowl. Hole in tip of handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18.1 centimeters and width 6.1 centimeters
Comment:
Origin no.: #K-286 on artifact renumbered to 442.
Loans:
S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1858, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Zig zag handle at acute angle to bowl. Hole in tip of handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1858, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Zig zag handle at acute angle to bowl. Hole in tip of handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1858, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Zig zag handle at acute angle to bowl. Hole in tip of handle.

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