Spoon
Item number A8554 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Spoon carved from one piece of black and brown mountain goat horn. The spoon has a curved bowl with has two bands of incised lines that run the length of the bowl, each with two emerging peaks on the outside, and the bowl thickens into a tapering handle carved with abstract designs.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected between 1897 and 1910
- Owned by John Spottiswood Tait
- Owned by Fanta Tait before August 1965
- Received from Fanta Tait (Donor) during August 1965
What
- Name
- Spoon
- Identification Number
- A8554
- Type of Item
- spoon
- Material
- mountain goat horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- steamed, shaped and carved
- Overall
- height 4.7 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 17.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- John Spottiswood Tait and Fanta Tait
- Received from
- Fanta Tait (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1897 and 1910
- Ownership Date
- before August 1965
- Acquisition Date
- during August 1965
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2129/0002
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