Carved Horn Spoon (Large) Item Number: E23431-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SPOON.---MADE OF GOAT HORN. THE HANDLE IS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HORN IN ITS NATURAL SHAPE, ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF. THE BOWL, AFTER BEING MADE FLEXIBLE BY STEAMING, IS SHAPED IN A WOODEN MOULD. HANDLE AND BOWL ARE RIVETED TOGETHER. THE COLOR OF THE BOWL SHADES FROM A DEEP BLACK TO A BROWN. LENGTH, 17 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 4 1/2 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 23,431. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THESE SPOONS ARE PRESERVED IN THE FAMILIES AS HEIRLOOMS AND ARE CONSIDERED OF GREAT VALUE."Listed on page 42 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Alaska, USA
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Carved Horn Spoon (Large)
- Identification Number
- E23431-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 005260