Spoon, unfinished version, elk antler, carved with machine tools; flat-bottomed oval bowl 13.5 cm deep; handle with triangle motif on one side, horizontal bar at base, surmounted by oval shape; open work slot; length 14 cm. Replica of older spoon 1-1943.
Donor:
Frank G. Gist Jr. and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Production place:
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Frank G. Gist Jr.
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
July 16, 1995
Materials:
Antler (material)
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
July 16, 1995
Accession date:
September 25, 1995
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Replica of older spoon (1-1943). Manufacture videotaped by John Quick of UCB Office of Media Services, under direction of Ira Jacknis, at Gist's home in Sacramento, California, on July 16, 1995. Reference: Jacknis, Ira, Carving Traditions of Northwest California. Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UCB; 1995, pp 25-29. Cf. 1-1943, 1-259278, 1-259283, 1-259287. See Accession Envelope.