Spoon

Museum number:
2-38451
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020038451
Alternate number:
26 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1919
Description:
Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection date:
August 1964
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home" by Erna Gunther, Centennial Exposition catalog, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, pl. 21. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967) and S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-38451, described as Mountain goat horn; handle carved to represent man, bear, and frog; eyes of inlaid haliotis shell.

Tools