Spoon

Museum number:
2-4739
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1135 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Steamed and carved mountain goat horn; integral handle has squared off base and zoopomorphic head with split ears. Made of a single piece of horn; handle is an anthromorphic head wearing a ceremonial hat; its extended jaw forms the spoon's bowl which is decorated with 6 pins (one missing) of different material.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak
Culture or time period:
Chugach
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Collection date:
Before 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Eating spoon used in festivities.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4739, described as Steamed and carved mountain goat horn; integral handle has squared off base and zoopomorphic head with split ears. Made of a single piece of horn; handle is an anthromorphic head wearing a ceremonial hat; its extended jaw forms the spoon's bowl which is decorated with 6 pins (one missing) of different material.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4739, described as Steamed and carved mountain goat horn; integral handle has squared off base and zoopomorphic head with split ears. Made of a single piece of horn; handle is an anthromorphic head wearing a ceremonial hat; its extended jaw forms the spoon's bowl which is decorated with 6 pins (one missing) of different material.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-4739, described as Steamed and carved mountain goat horn; integral handle has squared off base and zoopomorphic head with split ears. Made of a single piece of horn; handle is an anthromorphic head wearing a ceremonial hat; its extended jaw forms the spoon's bowl which is decorated with 6 pins (one missing) of different material.

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