Spoons Item Number: E168629-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "HORN."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on spoon # 1 of 2 with this catalogue number, http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=651, retrieved 8-26-2012: Ladle, Eyak Athabascan. This Eyak serving ladle from around the area around the mouth of the Copper River was molded and carved from the horn of a mountain sheep. It may have been used for serving at ceremonial meals.Spoon # 1 of 2 is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by William J. Fisher in Alaska, USA
- Received on February 10, 1894
What
- Name
- Spoons
- Identification Number
- E168629-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ? or Eyak ?
- Field Collector
- William J. Fisher
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on February 10, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 027806