Spoon

Museum number:
2-4526
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004526
Alternate number:
x-672 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden spoon, painted; red-painted designs include caribou at end of handle.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
for festivals
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4526, described as Wooden spoon, painted; red-painted designs include caribou at end of handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4526, described as Wooden spoon, painted; red-painted designs include caribou at end of handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4526, described as Wooden spoon, painted; red-painted designs include caribou at end of handle.

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