Spoon

Museum number:
2-47061
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020047061
Alternate number:
235 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
With separate intricately carved handle joined by riveted copper; bottom to top: bear swallowing human, human surmounted by eagle (eagle missing one wing and one abalone eye), partial figure holding staff; abalone inset eyes on 3 figures. Made of mountain goat horn, sheet copper, metal rivet, and abalone inlay.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-47061, described as With separate intricately carved handle joined by riveted copper; bottom to top: bear swallowing human, human surmounted by eagle (eagle missing one wing and one abalone eye), partial figure holding staff; abalone inset eyes on 3 figures. Made of mountain goat horn, sheet copper, metal rivet, and abalone inlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 2-47061, described as With separate intricately carved handle joined by riveted copper; bottom to top: bear swallowing human, human surmounted by eagle (eagle missing one wing and one abalone eye), partial figure holding staff; abalone inset eyes on 3 figures. Made of mountain goat horn, sheet copper, metal rivet, and abalone inlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-47061, described as With separate intricately carved handle joined by riveted copper; bottom to top: bear swallowing human, human surmounted by eagle (eagle missing one wing and one abalone eye), partial figure holding staff; abalone inset eyes on 3 figures. Made of mountain goat horn, sheet copper, metal rivet, and abalone inlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 2-47061, described as With separate intricately carved handle joined by riveted copper; bottom to top: bear swallowing human, human surmounted by eagle (eagle missing one wing and one abalone eye), partial figure holding staff; abalone inset eyes on 3 figures. Made of mountain goat horn, sheet copper, metal rivet, and abalone inlay.

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