Horn Spoon, Oolalla, Etc. Item Number: E89167-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Detail of handle is illus. Fig. 393, p. 284 in Fitzhugh, William W., and Aron Crowell. 1988. Crossroads of continents: cultures of Siberia and Alaska. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Identified there: "The handle ... of the Haida spoon features a dragonfly holding a man in its mouth. Though collected from the Haida in the Queen Charlotte Islands, the treatment is reminiscent of Tlingit work, in which representations of the dragonfly also occur."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Horn Spoon, Oolalla, Etc.
- Identification Number
- E89167-0
- Type of Item
- spoon
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804