Carved Black Horn Spoon Item Number: E9278-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SPOON.-MADE OF GOAT'S HORN. HANDLE ORNAMENTED WITH CARVED TOTEMIC DESIGNS. UNLIKE MOST HORN SPOONS, THE BOWL AND THE HANDLE ARE NOT MADE FROM SEPARTE PIECES. LENGTH, 7 3/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 2 1/4 INCHES. INDIANS OF ALASKA. 9,278. COLLECTED BY DR. A. H. HOFF, U. S. A."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. Alexander H. Hoff in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA between 1867 and 1869
- Received from Army Medical Museum during 1870
What
- Name
- Carved Black Horn Spoon
- Identification Number
- E9278-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. Alexander H. Hoff
- Received from
- Army Medical Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1867 and 1869
- Acquisition Date
- during 1870
Other
- Accession Number
- 001767