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Object Number
14-27-10/85897.1
Display Title
Ceremonial horn spoon depicting a frog, a human, and a raven.
Descriptions
Object Description
Feast spoon, horn
Inventory Description
Horn spoon, pointed and carved handle, frog, human and bird totem
Classification
- Raw Material
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1840-1880
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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Canada
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British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Dixon's Entrance
Materials
Mountain goat horn Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 27.5 x 7 x 8 cm (10 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85897.1
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
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