Shell Scoop Or Spoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Aug 1952
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck
label: Donor Name
content: Denver Art Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Fossil shell used as a scoop or spoon. F. G. Speck noted: "Fossil scallop shells, according to tradition used as ladles and scoops or spoons. At places along Chickahominy River the marl outcrops yield fossil remains of marine fauna, among them are various sized shells of this variety. The speciimens were given a number of years ago by deceased chief, A. [sic, should be O.] W. Adkins, as example of the eating utensils he had heard were once commonly used for convenience.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Virginia, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chickahominy
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 194398
label: USNM Number
content: E391832-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon