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Object Number 36-73-10/6186
Display Title Horn spoon with serrated handle made of musk ox horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ladle, horn?, handle with scalloped edge and perforated withfabric loop, spauled
Classification
  • Ladle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Materials Horn, Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 16.5 x 19 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-73-10/6186/ -Esquimaux-Greenland-/ made from skull of a/ reindeer.
Provenance
Donor Raymond Emerson (1936-1937)

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