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Horn spoon
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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