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Object Number
88-51-10/50452
Display Title
Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spoon, carved wood, anthropomorphic figure forming handle, incised
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Sitka Borough
/
Sitka
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 33.3 x 9.2 x 2.9 cm (13 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50452 & [23393] / Sitka. / JG Swan.
Provenance
Collector
James G. Swan
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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