Spoon

Museum number:
1-259267
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4656
Description:
Spoon, wood, handcarved; shallow, oval bowl with lightning (zig-zag) design on handle.
Donor:
Frank G. Gist Jr.
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California, Northwestern, Klamath River Tribes.
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Frank G. Gist Jr.
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
October 1, 1994
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
August-September 1994
Accession date:
October 27, 1994
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.9 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
Comment:
Selected by Ira Jacknis at maker's home in Sacramento, California, October 1, 1994.
Loans:
S1994-1995 #4: unknown (1994–December 19, 1996) and S1995-1996 #3: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (July 16, 1995–July 16, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 1-259267, described as Spoon, wood, handcarved; shallow, oval bowl with lightning (zig-zag) design on handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 1-259267, described as Spoon, wood, handcarved; shallow, oval bowl with lightning (zig-zag) design on handle.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spoon, accession number 1-259267, described as Spoon, wood, handcarved; shallow, oval bowl with lightning (zig-zag) design on handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-259267, described as Spoon, wood, handcarved; shallow, oval bowl with lightning (zig-zag) design on handle.

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