carved horn spoon

unrecorded Tlingit artist, artist

carved horn spoon, late 1800s–early 1900s

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: mountain goat horn; copper; carving; bighorn sheep horn

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 34 x 8.5 x 9 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 3 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 2007.2728

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Elaborately carved horn spoons were historically used in traditional feasts by the Northwest coast people. This elegantly carved example combines light colored mountain sheep horn, which is steamed and bent to form the bowl, with darker mountain goat horn that is attached by copper brads to form the handle.

Exhibition Label:
"Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures," Jul-2011, Nancy Mahaney
Elaborately carved horn spoons were historically used in traditional feasts by the Northwest coast people. This elegantly carved example combines light colored mountain sheep horn, which is steamed and bent to form the bowl, with darker mountain goat horn that is attached by copper brads to form the handle.