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Object Number
985-27-10/59382
Display Title
Bison horn spoon
Descriptions
Object Description
Horn spoon. Oval shaped bowl w/ slightly flaring sides. Curving handle almost perpendicular to bowl. Handle wrapped w/ leather. On top of which are wrapped white, red and black quills. Leather hangs off top of handle. 19.9x6.8 cm. Stable. Old Cat. #24.655 and new Acc. # and Cat. # are written in black ink on the underside of scoop.
Inventory Description
Horn spoon, polychrome quill wrapped, leather ties
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985?
Culture
- Arapaho
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Horn, Leather, Quill
Dimensions
Overall: 19.9 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm (7 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Old Cat. #24.655 and new Acc. # and Cat. # are written in black ink on the under; 985-27-10/59382; 24655
Provenance
Collector
William Wildschut
(? - ?)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
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