Horn Spoon Item Number: 25.0/297 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 old 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. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The rivet is copper.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Horn Spoon
- Identification Number
- 25.0/297
- Type of Item
- horn spoon
- Material
- mountain goat horn and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, steamed, molded, drilled and riveted
- Overall
- length 23.0 cm, width 4.5 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 | Human | Bear? | Killer Whale?
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection