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Object Number
985-27-10/59301
Display Title
Horn spoon
Descriptions
Object Description
Sioux horn spoon. Curved handle, wider at end. Handle wrapped with red, yellow and white quills. (4) quilled leather tasseles hang off top of handle. Tinklers and hair at end. (1) tassle looped at top. Quilled pieces of lealther attached to (2) sides of bowl. Partially translucent; Color Tan to dark brown; Small hole at base tip. Old Acc. # 24833 and new Acc. # and Cat.# are writtten in black ink on the underside of spoon.
Inventory Description
Horn spoon, quillwork handle and loops, hair and tinkler ornament
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Horn
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 6.7 x 6 cm (8 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Old Acc. # 24833 and new Acc. # and Cat.# are writtten in black ink on the under; 985-27-10/59301; 24833
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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