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Mountain Goat Horn Spoon

Date1895-1901

Mediummountain goat horn

DimensionsOther: 6.8 × 24.5 cm (2 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-504

Object numberHRC 00504

Descriptionspoon of mountain goat horn; bowl and handle are separate pieces, pinned together with a metal rivet. bowl is wide and slightly scooped. tapers to a narrow rounded end which fits snugly inside hollow end of handle. carved handle; killer whale (?) and another figure. handle tapers and curves slightly backwards.
collected in Massett

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