Spoon

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Title	Spoon
Artist	Artist Unknown (Tsimshian or Tlingit)
Date	c. 1880
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Horn | Mountain goat horn, Dall's sheep horn, abalone shell

Size:

12 in. (30.48 cm)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Northwest Coast region

Culture:

Tsimshian or Tlingit, North America, United States, Northwest Coast region

Style:

19th century

Physical Description:

Light horn used for bowl; darker horn used for carved handle; handle is curved and is carved with totem figures; shell inlay for eyes

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison

Accession Number:

92.111

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009