Spoon Handle Item Number: 25.0/255 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This delicate northern carving in translucent horn is of unknown use. It may have been riveted to a horn spoon bowl to serve as a handle. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Spoon Handle
- Identification Number
- 25.0/255
- Type of Item
- spoon handle
- Material
- bone
- Overall
- length 4.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Crane | Neck | Head
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection