Spoon

Museum number:
1-1116
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3116 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Notched tip 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 13.3 centimeters and width 5.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1116, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Notched tip on handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1116, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Notched tip on handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1116, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Notched tip on handle.

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