White Horn Spoon, Carved Item Number: E60142-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "60141-42. 60,142: [From 19th or early 20th century exhibit] LABEL: "MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND BUFFALO. IN SOME EXAMPLES, LITTLE WORK IS DONE UPON THE MATERIAL OTHER THAN CUTTING INTO SHAPE STEAMING, AND BENDING. AMONG THE TRIBES OF THE INTERIOR BASIN THIS IS SPECIALLY TRUE." (NOTE: THIS LABEL REFERRED TO SPECIMENS 8,489; 11,030; 11,228; 60,142)."
Item History
- Made in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ? during 1881
- Received on June 23, 1882
What
- Name
- White Horn Spoon, Carved
- Identification Number
- E60142-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on June 23, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 011616