Spoon

Museum number:
1-2226
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002226
Alternate number:
810 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Handle with dentate edges and open work triangles.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
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:
width 5.7 centimeters and length 15.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4845. Published: AAE XXIV, 7, pl 108 k.
Loans:
S1981-1982 #23: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (October 28, 1981–October 28, 1981), S1984-1985 #46: Crocker Art Museum (June 7, 1985–November 18, 1985), S1985-1986 #16: Palm Springs Desert Museum (November 18, 1985–March 18, 1986), and S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2226, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Handle with dentate edges and open work triangles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2226, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Handle with dentate edges and open work triangles.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2226, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Handle with dentate edges and open work triangles.

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