Berry-Spoon / Eating Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
label: Collection Date
content: 1867 to 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Alexander H. Hoff
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: 8944 A,B,C,D. NAME: *CHOP STICKS [sic], EATING STICKS. *BERRY SPOONS. REMARKS: CARVED WHALEBONE. 1 AND 2 - ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 41, FIG. 224; P. 318. ILLUS.: THE SPIRIT SINGS CATALOGUE, GLENBOW-ALBERTA INST., 1987, #N106, P.156. LOAN GLENBOW NOV 13, 1987. LOAN RETURNED NOV 25, 1988." FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "8,944A. SPOON.-MADE OF WHALEBONE; LONG AND FLAT, AND SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A SPATULA. ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. LENGTH, 14 7/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 2 INCHES. SITKA INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 8,944. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U.S.A."
label: Notes
content: Entry on E8944A - D in Army Medical Museum ledger book for Section 6, Miscellaneous Section, under A.M.M. number 378: Received October 29, 1869, from Bvt. Col. A.H. Hoff, Asst. Surgeon, U.S.A. - "Two pairs of "chop-sticks" [sic] - implements use by the Indians about Sitka in taking their food."
label: Notes
content: Florence Sheakley and Ruth Demmert, both elders, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. Originally the design on this spoon was used as a filler design, but today people attribute it to Deisheetan clan, who have a bear design. The presence of a finger design suggests this object comes from Kaagwaantaan clan. This is part of a set that includes E8944A-0, E8944B-0, E8944C-0, E8944D-0
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8944A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.783 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm