Spoon
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
label: Possible owner
content: Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
label: Possible owner
content: Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); acquired by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from MAI or its Museum Shop in 1965; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
label: See related items
content: Food/Beverage Serving
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1453
label: Barcode
content: 251453.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food/Beverage Serving
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spoon
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved
label: Dimensions
content: 33.7 x 5.1 cm