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Object Number 06-5-10/66352
Display Title Woman's spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell spoon, mussel shell, purple and white, cracked
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm (5 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66352
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1906)

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