Chinese Spoon
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1875
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of a pair of blue-green porcelain spoons that were made in China and used in Mendocino, California. This type of spoon was known by white Californians as a "railroad spoon," presumably because of its association with Chinese railroad laborers.
place: label: place made
content: China
label: place used
content: United States: California, Mendocino
label: purchased
content: United States: California, San Francisco
topic: label: Subject
content: Eating
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: Wonderplace
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.1374A
label: accession number
content: 280280
label: catalog number
content: 65.1374A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in; 10.16 cm