Spoon

Museum number:
1-1114
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3114 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Object count:
1
Description:
Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle. Hole in tip.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 4, 1901
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.5 centimeters, 0.7 inches, and length 15.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #23: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (October 28, 1981–October 28, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1114, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle. Hole in tip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1114, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle. Hole in tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-1114, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Geometric pattern on handle. Hole in tip.

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