Spoon

NA8460

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8460
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Mountain Goat Horn | Copper
Description

Spoon made from two sections of carved horn. The bowl is made from light colored horn carved slightly concave with damage along one side. A handle is riveted to the bowl using four copper rivets. The handle is made from darker colored horn which is smoothed, rounded, and tapers toward the end. Overall shape is of two slight curves in opposite directions from where the handle meets the bowl.

Length 27 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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