Large Ladle From Horn Of Mountain Sheep Item Number: E45989-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

FROM CARD: "45989 LOANED TO RENWICK GALLERY 2/11/82. RETURNED 6/1983. LOANED TO SITES-TREASURES 5-10-84. RETURNED 11-19-84. HORN LADLE, CA. 1850-80. TLINGIT INDIANS; ALASKA. MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN 24 X 13 X 6 7/8 (61 X 33 X 17.5). LADLES MADE OF MOUNTAIN-SHEEP HORN WERE FABRICATED BY FIRST STEAMING AND BENDING THE HORN ON A MOLD AND THEN CARVING THE DESIRED DESIGN. RAVENS AND BIRDS OF PREY---SYMBOLS OF DEATH AND REINCARNATION ---ARE FREQUENTLY DEPICTED. THE FIGURE WITH THE RECURVED BEAK REPRESENTS THE SHARED SOUL OF MAN AND SPIRIT, INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN BIRD AND HUMAN."

Item History

What

Name
Large Ladle From Horn Of Mountain Sheep
Identification Number
E45989-0
Type of Item
spoon

Who

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Field Collector
Sgt. John J. McLean

Where

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Collected in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?

When

Collection Date
during 1881
Acquisition Date
on December 10, 1881

Other

Accession Number
010803