Spoon

Museum number:
1-794
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2794 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
elkhorn spoon, handcarved; openwork slits (2) running length of handle; dentate edges on handle; bowl at acute angle to handle; L. 17.6 cm X W (bowl) 6.2 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 27, 1901
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
eating utensil
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 6.2 centimeters and length 17.6 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4845" Published: "AAE XXIV, 7, pl 108 h
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-794, described as elkhorn spoon, handcarved; openwork slits (2) running length of handle; dentate edges on handle; bowl at acute angle to handle; L. 17.6 cm X W (bowl) 6.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-794, described as elkhorn spoon, handcarved; openwork slits (2) running length of handle; dentate edges on handle; bowl at acute angle to handle; L. 17.6 cm X W (bowl) 6.2 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-794, described as elkhorn spoon, handcarved; openwork slits (2) running length of handle; dentate edges on handle; bowl at acute angle to handle; L. 17.6 cm X W (bowl) 6.2 cm.

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