Spoon Item Number: A7547 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spoon carved from one piece of slightly translucent dark and light brown mountain goat horn with an elongated bowl that tapers slightly at the tip and a tapering, curved handle.
Narrative
Some items in this collection are thought to have been collected by E. H. Verney, circa 1862. (The seller, D.G. Young, mistakenly wrote in his letters to MOA that the EHV stood for EH Verity.)
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected before 1893
- Owned by Edmund Hope Verney and John Scott Young
- Owned by David G. Young before September 15, 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller) on September 15, 1961
What
- Name
- Spoon
- Identification Number
- A7547
- Type of Item
- spoon
- Material
- mountain sheep horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- steamed, shaped and carved
- Overall
- height 6.7 cm, width 4.9 cm, depth 18.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- Edmund Hope Verney, John Scott Young and David G. Young
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- before 1893
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1961
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0053/0021