Spoon
86-35-340
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 86-35-340 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Horn (animal part) |
Description | Mountain sheep horn with carved handle of mountain goat horn. Handle is carved with three faces. Two of these are bird possibly hawk, faces, with abelone inlay in the eyes, and the third is a fish, with the tail of the fish forming a hook at the end of the handle. A copper plaque crudely engraved with a bear and a fish has been added on the upper part of the bowl of the spoon. |
Length | 40.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
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