Spoon
NA8460
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
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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