Spoon

Museum number:
1-1100
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3100 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Slotted handle with dentate edges.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 4, 1901
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.8 centimeters and length 15.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #68: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 12, 1973–April 19, 1973), S1979-1980 #72: Hoopa Tribal Museum (June 23, 1980–January 23, 1981), S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981), 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), and S1985-1986 #16: Palm Springs Desert Museum (November 18, 1985–March 18, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-1100, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Slotted handle with dentate edges.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-1100, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Slotted handle with dentate edges.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1100, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Slotted handle with dentate edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1100, described as Made of elk antler, handcarved. Oval bowl. Slotted handle with dentate edges.

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