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Carved Horn SpoonE20843A-0
Carved Horn SpoonE20843B-0
Berry SpoonE20825-0

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P. 318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit. FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25 NEG. NO. 6212."

Culture
Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
Made in
“United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Berry SpoonE20823-0

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P.318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit.FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD [referring to E20820-20825]: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25. NEG. NO.6212."FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BERRY SPOON.---MADE OF WOOD; LOWER PORTION ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC CARVINGS. SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A SPATULA. LENGTH, 14 1/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 5/8 INCHES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), KUIN ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,823. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

Culture
Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
Made in
“United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Totem-Post ModelE317000-0
Berry SpoonE20821-0

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P.318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit. FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25 NEG. NO.6212."Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

Culture
Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
Made in
“United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Berry SpoonE20819-0

Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

Culture
Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
Made in
“United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Berry SpoonE20824-0

FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P. 318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit.FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25. NEG. NO.6212."Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0

Culture
Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
Made in
“United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
View Item Record