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Ceremonial spoon depicting Gunakadeit, the sea monster.
Object Number 14-27-10/85897.3
Display Title Ceremonial spoon depicting Gunakadeit, the sea monster.
Descriptions
Object Description Feast spoon, horn
Inventory Description Horn spoon, pointed/carved handle with zoomporphic figure and human faced tongue
Classification
  • Spoon
  • Raw Material
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
Dimensions Overall: 25.9 x 5.5 x 8.8 cm (10 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85897.3 (1)
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons

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