Spoons (Horn For Carrying Things)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SPOONS--MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND THE BUFFALO. IN SOME EXAMPLES, LITTLE WORK IS DONE UPON THE MATERIAL OTHER THAN CUTTING INTO SHAPE, STEAMING, AND BENDING. AMONG THE TRIBES OF THE INTERIOR BASIN THIS ESPECIALLY TRUE. INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: "There are thirteen large spoons or dippers in the collection, all made of mountain sheep horn (Ovis canadensis)....Provenience: ... Moapa Southern Paiute: USNM 11228, 14457." Fowler and Matley (1979) p. 76
label: Notes
content: Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Utah (not certain), United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute, Southern, Moapa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002357
label: USNM Number
content: E11228-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon