Spoon
| Object Number: | NA8533B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tsimshian |
| Provenience: | Canada British Columbia Skeena River |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Mountain Goat Horn |
| Length: | 16 cm |
| Width: | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number: | SA 13 - Other Number |
Description
Carved spoon made from one piece of dark colored horn. The bowl is deeply concave and the handle tapers at the end. The handle is carved with shallow, formline designs of ovoids likely representing eyes and a mouth in higher relief below the ovoids.
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