Horn Spoon Item Number: 25.0/296 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
The four figures on this spoon appear to be a sea bear with a man astride his dorsal fin, plus two more bears. Early spoons of this type appear not to have been polished since they retain the marks of the carving tool and the very crisp corners and planes that result from finishing with the tool. The handle and bowl are black streaked with gray and brown, the natural color of the horn. The bowl has been fitted into the hollow at the base of the carved handle and fastened in place with two rivets. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The rivet is brass.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Horn Spoon
- Identification Number
- 25.0/296
- Type of Item
- horn spoon
- Material
- mountain goat horn and brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- steamed, bent, carved, drilled and riveted
- Overall
- length 27.0 cm, width 6.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Formline | Bear | Human
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection