Spoon
- Museum number:
- 2-30973
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020030973
- Accession number:
- Acc.1947
- Description:
- Made of cow horn. Steamed and bent.
- Donor:
- Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Livingston, Polk County, Texas
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Texas; Polk; Livingston
- Culture or time period:
- Alabama
- Maker or artist:
- Frank Sylestine [Alabama]
- Collector:
- Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Council
- Collection date:
- September 10, 1964
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spoons
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Context of use:
- Used to serve and eat "sofkee" (a corn meal gruel or drink). Used by either sex.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 23.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-