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Object Number
985-27-10/59300
Display Title
Horn spoon. Straight handle wrapped w/ quills dyed red, yellow and brown.
Descriptions
Object Description
Horn spoon. Straight handle wrapped w/ quills dyed red, yellow and brown. Sequence is: white; (3) brown; white quills. Top of handle is wider. 4 tassles hang from top, made of quilled leather w/ tinklers and grayish course hair at bottom. 1 quilled piece looped at top. Quilled strip attached to each side of bowl. End of handle is carved
Translucent; Color: Tan to dark brown. Acc. # and Cat. # are written in black ink on the underside of scoop.
Inventory Description
Horn spoon, quillwork handle and loops, hair and tinkler ornament
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Horn, Quill
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 8 x 7 cm (8 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59300 are written in black ink on the underside of scoop; 985-27-10/59300
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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