Carved Horn Spoons And Grease Dishes
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 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOON.---BOWL OF SHEEP HORN; HANDLE OF GOAT HORN, ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. THE BOWL IS SHAPED BY STEAMING THE HORN IN A WOODEN MOULD, SCOOPED OUT IN THE REQUIRED SHAPE. THE HANDLE IS FASTENED TO THE BOWL WITH COPPER RIVETS. LENGTH, 11 INCHES; WIDTH, 2 3/8 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 23,408. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005260
label: USNM Number
content: E23408-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22.22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.3 cm