Spoon-Mould Item Number: E209937-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Two blocks of wood, one with a boss and the other a depression. The soft horn is pressed into shape between them."Emmons letter of April 17, 1901 in the accession file, lists as being part of this accession: "1 mould for spoon bowls of horn from Chilkat." It is unclear if Emmons means Chilkat the people or Chilkat the place (i.e. Klukwan?).Listed on page 50 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Alaska, USA during 1900
- Received on May 2, 1901
What
- Name
- Spoon-Mould
- Identification Number
- E209937-0
- Type of Item
- spoon mold
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Acquisition Date
- on May 2, 1901
Other
- Accession Number
- 037889