Horns For Making Horn Spoons 2
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William H. Dall
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GOAT'S HORN.--SUCH AS ARE USED FOR MAKING SPOONS. THE BOWL OF THE SPOON IS MADE FROM THE LARGE PART OF THE HORN, WHICH, AFTER BEING SLIT A FEW INCHES ON ONE SIDE, IS SHAPED BY STEAMING IT IN A WOODEN MOLD SCOOPED OUT IN THE REQUIRED SHAPE. THE HANDLE RUNS TO THE TIP OF THE HORN AND IS GENERALLY ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. THE HANDLE AND THE BOWL ARE OFTEN MADE OF DIFFERENT PIECES. LENGTH, 7 1/4 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 3/4 INCHES. ALASKA. 16,809. COLLECTED BY DR. W. H. DALL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E16809-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.41 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.45 cm