Carved Horn Spoon (Large)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
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 FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF. THE BOWL, AFTER BEING MADE FLEXIBLE BY STEAMING, IS SHAPED IN A WOODEN MOULD. HANDLE AND BOWL ARE RIVETED TOGETHER. THE COLOR OF THE BOWL SHADES FROM A DEEP BLACK TO A BROWN. LENGTH, 17 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 4 1/2 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 23,431. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THESE SPOONS ARE PRESERVED IN THE FAMILIES AS HEIRLOOMS AND ARE CONSIDERED OF GREAT VALUE."
label: Notes
content: Listed on page 42 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Oct 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005260
label: USNM Number
content: E23431-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Bowl
content: 11.4 cm