Spoon

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

Medium:

Horn (Do Not Use) | Bighorn sheep horn

Size:

11 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (28.58 x 5.72 cm)

Creation Place:

North America, United States, Northwest Coast, Alaska

Culture:

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

Style:

19th century

Physical Description:

Spoon, reddish brown with narrow bowl; long broad flat tapering handle curved on the back and slightly concave on the front in sections. The handle decorated with incised decoration of a band of animals, at the bottom a shark-head with characteristic down

Credit:

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

Accession Number:

28.97

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Spoon

Artist Unknown (Tlingit)

19th century