Spoon

Museum number:
2-4735
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1131 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Horn spoon with carved handle.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Remarks by Charles Brown, 12 June 1964: Such a spoon can be used by anyone.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. "People of the Potlatch", figs. 19, 20, Audrey Hawthorn, Vancouver Art Gallery and Univ. British Columbia, 1956. Tlingit name: "s^s" (spoon).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4735, described as Horn spoon with carved handle.

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