Berry Spoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P.318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit.
label: Notes
content: FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD [referring to E20820-20825]: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25. NEG. NO.6212."
label: Notes
content: FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BERRY SPOON.---MADE OF WOOD; LOWER PORTION ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC CARVINGS. SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A SPATULA. LENGTH, 14 1/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 5/8 INCHES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), KUIN ISLAND, ALASKA. 20,823. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
label: Notes
content: Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain), Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Stikine (?)
label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Kake (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004730
label: USNM Number
content: E20823-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon