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Mountain Goat Horn Spoon
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Mountain Goat Horn Spoon
Mountain Goat Horn Spoon

Mountain Goat Horn Spoon

Date1895-1904
Mediummountain goat horn, copper
DimensionsOther: 6.5 × 27.7 cm (2 9/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-493
Object numberHRC 00493
Descriptionlarge spoon; handle and bowl are separate pieces of mountain goat horn. bowl concave, one end tapers slightly to fit inside hollow end of handle; other end tapered slightly, then almost squared. rivited to handle with 3 corroded copper rivits (green). handle tapers to point, curves back; carvved with sseveral animal figures, a couple of them frogs, and a chief.
collected in Skidegate
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