Horn Spoon Item Number: 25.0/294 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
This broad-bowled ladle appears to be of sheep horn. The bowl and shank of the handle have been worked very thin and shaped by steaming and bending. The finial of the handle is left with its natural curve and carved to represent a bear-like creature and a bird. Both have eyes of abalone shell. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Horn Spoon
- Identification Number
- 25.0/294
- Type of Item
- horn spoon
- Material
- sheep horn, shell and silver metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, steamed, molded and inlaid
- Overall
- length 13.0 in, width 3.7 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
- Bird?
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection