Spoon

Museum number:
1-9514
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
82 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Mussel shell. Cracked, with piece missing from distal end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Woman's eating utensil.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.8 centimeters and length 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-9514, described as Mussel shell. Cracked, with piece missing from distal end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 1-9514, described as Mussel shell. Cracked, with piece missing from distal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-9514, described as Mussel shell. Cracked, with piece missing from distal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-9514, described as Mussel shell. Cracked, with piece missing from distal end.

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