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Large horn spoon
Object Number 88-51-10/50465
Display Title Large horn spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Horn ladle, large, curved and tapered handle
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Ladle
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Mountain sheep horn
Dimensions Overall: 52.4 x 16 x 16.9 cm (20 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50465; (74304)/ALASKA./McKLEAN.
Provenance
Collector J. J. McLean (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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