Spoon; handle carved with cut-out triangles on both sides.
Donor:
George Blake Jr.
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
United States, California, Hoopa.
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Yurok
Maker or artist:
George Blake Jr.
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
2-21-1995
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Used for eating acorn mush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters and width 6 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased from the Hearst Museum store.
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996) and S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)