Description

Brown horn spoon with pointed handle, the 'graininess' in the horn is visible. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/3/2006]

Longer Description

Brown horn spoon with pointed handle, the 'graininess' in the horn is visible. The spoon is made from a single piece of mountain goat horn. The grain of the horn is highly visible in the bowl. The bowl is smooth with some shallow holes near the tip or front of the bowl that may be a natural feature of the horn. The tip of the bowl has a slight upward bend to it. At its tip, the bowl measures 16 mm wide, at its widest the bowl is 65 mm wide, and where the bowl meets the handle the bowl is 24 mm wide. The bowl is much wider than the handle at this point, the handle measuring only 15 mm. The handle has a carved, curved ridge where it meets the bowl, and then is plainly carved, tapering toward the tip. At the tip, the handle measures 5 mm. The handle is curved. [CAK 06/04/2009]

Research Notes

The following information comes from Haida delegates who worked with the museum's collection in September 2009 as part of the project “Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge”:
This spoon was viewed alongside other horn and wood spoons on Wednesday Sept 9, 2009. No information about this particular spoon was recorded. [CAK 12/04/2010]

Primary Documentation

Accession book entry (for 1891.49.47 - .56): 'From Rev. Ch. Harrison, 80 Halton Rd, Canonbury Sq. N. Collection of Haida objects collected by him.... - [1 of] 10 horn spoons. £45. [Purchase price includes 1891.49.1-110]

Written on object - [in red ink:] HAIDA. C. HARRISON COLLN. PURCHASED 1891. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/3/2006]

Related Documents File - The Haida Project Related Documents File contains video of research sessions and interviews with Haida delegates from September 2009 as part of the project ‘Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge'. It also includes post-visit communications that discuss object provenance. For extensive photographic, video, and textual records documenting the Haida research visit as a whole, including but not limited to preparations of objects for handling, travel logistics, British Museum participation, transcribed notes from research sessions and associated public events held at PRM, see the Haida Project Digital Archive, stored with the Accessions Registers. Original hand-written notes taken during research sessions have been accessioned into the Manuscripts collection, in addition to select other materials. [CAK 02/06/2010]