Fragment: Spoon Item Number: A2.121 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spoon with an elongated bowl that is squared at the end--should be attached to a bone handle.
History Of Use
Eating utensil
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Item History
- Made in Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1937
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Fragment: Spoon
- Identification Number
- A2.121
- Type of Item
- spoon
- Material
- musk ox horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and drilled
- Overall
- height 2.5 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 12.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Inuinnait
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1937
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0181/0008