Spoon

Museum number:
2-48436
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2679
Description:
Made of silver. Handle has incised bird and animal designs; repousse profile on animal head at handle tip; on back of handle: "Sitka 1897" is incised.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Sitka
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1897
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Production date:
1897
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Souvenir.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-48436, described as Made of silver. Handle has incised bird and animal designs; repousse profile on animal head at handle tip; on back of handle: "Sitka 1897" is incised.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-48436, described as Made of silver. Handle has incised bird and animal designs; repousse profile on animal head at handle tip; on back of handle: "Sitka 1897" is incised.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-48436, described as Made of silver. Handle has incised bird and animal designs; repousse profile on animal head at handle tip; on back of handle: "Sitka 1897" is incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-48436, described as Made of silver. Handle has incised bird and animal designs; repousse profile on animal head at handle tip; on back of handle: "Sitka 1897" is incised.

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