Ladle Item Number: A2.113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Translucent brown-gold scoop-shaped ladle with a wide front tapering towards the back. A tab-like handle protrudes from the back, bent at a sharp, upward angle.
History Of Use
Could also be used as a bailer.
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1943
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Ladle
- Identification Number
- A2.113
- Type of Item
- ladle
- Material
- musk ox horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and ground
- Overall
- height 8.8 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 23.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Netsilingmiut
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1943
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0181/0001