Pearl shell spoon

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Object Number 32-68-70/D3979

Display Title Pearl shell spoon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, carved shell, incised edge, resin at one end

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Pilbara / Whim Creek
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia

Materials Shell, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 6.8 x 0.7 cm (4 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D3979; Found in / Native camp / Wihum (####) 1911; 317

Provenance

Collector Penn Museum (1906)

Donor Donated by Elin Danien

Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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