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Object Number
14-27-10/85897
Display Title
Horn spoon depicting human figures, an owl and frogs
Descriptions
Object Description
Feast spoon, horn
Inventory Description
Horn spoon, pointed and carved handle, zoomorphic totem, shell inlay
Classification
- Raw Material
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1840-1880
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Dixon's Entrance
Materials
Mountain goat horn Metal Abalone
Dimensions
Overall: 23.4 x 6.9 x 5.8 cm (9 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85897
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
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