Horn Spoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SPOON.---MADE OF GOAT HORN. THE HANDLE IS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HORN IN ITS NATURAL SHAPE, ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC DESIGNS CARVED IN RELIEF. THE BOWL IS MADE FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE HORN AND IS SHAPED BY STEAMING IT IN A WOODEN MOULD. THE HANDLE AND BOWL ARE RIVETED TOGETHER. LENGTH, 10 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 2 1/2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,748. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004730
label: USNM Number
content: E20748-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.04 cm
label: Width - Bowl
content: 6.3 cm