Large Ladle From Horn Of Mountain Sheep
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1881
label: Collection Date
content: 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "45989 LOANED TO RENWICK GALLERY 2/11/82. RETURNED 6/1983. LOANED TO SITES-TREASURES 5-10-84. RETURNED 11-19-84. HORN LADLE, CA. 1850-80. TLINGIT INDIANS; ALASKA. MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN 24 X 13 X 6 7/8 (61 X 33 X 17.5). LADLES MADE OF MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN WERE FABRICATED BY FIRST STEAMING AND BENDING THE HORN ON A MOLD AND THEN CARVING THE DESIRED DESIGN. RAVENS AND BIRDS OF PREY---SYMBOLS OF DEATH AND REINCARNATION ---ARE FREQUENTLY DEPICTED. THE FIGURE WITH THE RECURVED BEAK REPRESENTS THE SHARED SOUL OF MAN AND SPIRIT, INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN BIRD AND HUMAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chilcat (Chilkat or Klukwan?), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Chilkat
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010803
label: USNM Number
content: E45989-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 61 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 17.5 cm