Spoon made of a dark brown horn, with a smooth handle and an ovate bowl with incised hatching.

Collection type: Object
Description: Spoon made of a dark brown horn, with a smooth handle and an ovate bowl with incised hatching.
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Cultural groups: Nuu-chah-nulth
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1874
Date collected: Prior to 1874
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Goat Horn Animal, Process Carved
Dimensions: Length: max 192 mm, Width: max 63 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.5.21
Research and responses: Please note, when this object was examined during the DCF 'What's Upstairs' project, it was found that the label glued to the object did not match the object: there was no frog carved into the handle and instead there is a cross-hatched design on the bowl (as described in the Accession Book IV entry); the Black number on the label is 1812 whereas that in the accession entry is 1811. Another label, similar to that glued to this object, was found loose in the drawer close to this object. It has been placed in the RDF under this accession number as it appears to be the correct label for this object (with Black number 1811). [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2006]