Spoon

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Title	Spoon
Artist	Artist Unknown (Tlingit)
Date	19th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Horn | Mountain goat horn

Size:

6 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (16.51 x 5.72 cm)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Northwest Coast region, Alaska

Culture:

Tlingit, North America, United States, Northwest Coast region, Alaska

Style:

19th century

Physical Description:

Spoon with short pointed handle, probably the unchanged tip of the mountain goat horn; large bowl with beaver carved on back, the head with four pairs of teeth toward the handle, the tail with the characteristic cross-hatching toward the other end of the bowl; the legs along the side turn toward the handle. Black.

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Mr. Harry E. Wood

Accession Number:

28.98

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Spoon

Artist Unknown (Tlingit)

19th century