Carved Horn Spoon (Large)

Item number E23431-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "SPOON.---MADE OF GOAT HORN. THE HANDLE IS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HORN IN ITS NATURAL SHAPE, ORNAMENTED WITH TOTEMIC FIGURES CARVED IN RELIEF. THE BOWL, AFTER BEING MADE FLEXIBLE BY STEAMING, IS SHAPED IN A WOODEN MOULD. HANDLE AND BOWL ARE RIVETED TOGETHER. THE COLOR OF THE BOWL SHADES FROM A DEEP BLACK TO A BROWN. LENGTH, 17 INCHES; WIDTH OF BOWL, 4 1/2 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 23,431. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THESE SPOONS ARE PRESERVED IN THE FAMILIES AS HEIRLOOMS AND ARE CONSIDERED OF GREAT VALUE."Listed on page 42 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".