Spoon

Museum number:
1-12055
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012055
Alternate number:
1279 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Mussel shell used as a spoon.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Huchnom
Collector:
Louise Hudson and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Household. Used as spoon by both men and women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 97: no'cil Used as spoon by both men and women
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-12055, described as Mussel shell used as a spoon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-12055, described as Mussel shell used as a spoon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-12055, described as Mussel shell used as a spoon.

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