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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