Wooden Spoon
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William C. Sturtevant
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Sturtevant's personal catalog: "[WCS 467- 469] Wood spoons (3), used; for serving food and drinking from; called methek (spoon)h(w)?aé? (wood)mekhwa?n. Lengths 14 1/2" (467 repaired with lead); 13" (468); 11" (469). Bought 4/30/1958 and 5/2/1958 from maker Makaseah; J.M. Goggin and I bought household's whole stock- he has the rest (about 4); average price ca. $2.50. Kickapoo"
label: Notes
content: The National Museum of the American Indian has German silver brooches in their collections, Catalog # 22/9628, which their records identify as having been made by Mac [a.k.a. Mak/Mack] Makaseah, Kickapoo, Oklahoma, b. 1884.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kickapoo (Kiikaapoi, Kikapú)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049174
label: USNM Number
content: E437791-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon