Berry Spoon Item Number: E20825-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "20820-5: ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 42; FIGS. 227-240; P. 318." Identified in the publication as from Kake Tlingit. FROM OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SPOONS.---MADE OF WOOD. USED ESPECIALLY FOR BERRIES, BY ALL NORTHWEST INDIAN TRIBES. KAKE INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), ALASKA. 20,820-25. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. 20820-25 NEG. NO. 6212."
Item History
- Made
- Collected by James G. Swan during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Berry Spoon
- Identification Number
- E20825-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit, Stikine ? and Kake ?
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- “United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
- Collected in
- “United States: Alaska: Wrangell Island (not certain) / Fort Wrangell (not certain)” ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730