Horn Spoon Item Number: 25.0/298 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Two pieces of mountain goat horn have been joined with a single copper rivet to form this spoon. The figures carved on the handle appear to be a killer whale with a man's face on the dorsal fin, a raven, and a bear. The carving is very precise and resembles Haida work from the mid-nineteenth century. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Horn Spoon
- Identification Number
- 25.0/298
- Type of Item
- horn spoon
- Material
- mountain goat horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, steamed and molded
- Overall
- length 8.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Figures
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection