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Stirring or cooking spoon of red alder
Stirring or cooking spoon of red alder
Object Number 17-17-10/87101
Display Title Stirring or cooking spoon of red alder
Descriptions
Indigenous Term H widayu
Object Description Stirring or cooking spoon of red alder
Inventory Description Spoon, carved ovoid bowl, straight shaft handle, ridged
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 48.9 x 11.5 cm (2 9/16 x 19 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87101; 87101
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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