Spoon
NA8464
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA8464 |
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. 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 where it has a steeply cut termination. The handle is also steeply cut where it is riveted to the bowl. |
Length | 27 cm |
Width | 6.9 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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