Black horn spoon with carved handle riveted to blade. Mountain goat horn. The lowest figure represents a bear, probably one of the crests of the original owner's family. Old, finely carved, highly polished.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters
Loans:
S1943-1944 #2: Mills College, Art Department (September 14, 1943–October 15, 1943), S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), and S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)