Spoon

Museum number:
1-1115
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3115 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern at base of handle, spatulate tip.
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:
width 6.2 centimeters and length 17.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1984-1985 #46: Crocker Art Museum (June 7, 1985–November 18, 1985) and S1985-1986 #16: Palm Springs Desert Museum (November 18, 1985–March 18, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1115, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern at base of handle, spatulate tip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1115, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern at base of handle, spatulate tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1115, described as Spoon, hand-carved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern at base of handle, spatulate tip.

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