Spoon
NA2398
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA2398 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Sheep Horn | Mountain Goat Horn | Copper |
| Description | Carved spoon made from two pieces of horn. The sheep horn bowl is undecorated and somewhat translucent. The darker colored mountain goat horn handle is curved and tapers toward the end. It is intricately carved with three layers of figures. The first, closest to the bowl, is of a bird with a downturned beak. Above that, is a crouched, human-like figure with mouth open. The handle terminates with a bird with a long, pointed beak and a long, undecorated plume forming the end of the handle. The handle is secured to the bowl with two copper nails. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, Thomas Harris Powers Memorial Fund, 1914 |
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