Spoon

Museum number:
1-1107
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3107 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle.
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:
length 14 centimeters and width 5.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #83: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College (May 7, 1964–June 2, 1964), S1964-1965 #32: Highlands Elementary School/Zelda Bellichi (November 11, 1964–November 30, 1964), S1964-1965 #69: Susan Mandelbaum (March 9, 1965–March 11, 1965), S1972-1973 #68: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 12, 1973–April 19, 1973), 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 titled Spoon, accession number 1-1107, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1107, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1107, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle.

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