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1948.12.35

Single, plain mussel shell with chipped brown outer shell, nacreous inside. No handle attached.

1948.12.35

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Collection type
Object
Description
Single, plain mussel shell with chipped brown outer shell, nacreous inside. No handle attached.
Long description
Spoon bowl of mussel shell, handle a piece of twig with bark left on, split for bowl. Denver No. QPk-13-P.
Cultural groups
Pamunkey
Person
Field collector Frank Gouldsmith Speck
PRM source Denver Art Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1948
Date collected
By 1948
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 1948
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Wood Plant
Dimensions
Length 170 mm handle, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 73 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1948.12.35
Research and responses

See 1949.3.20 - 41 for other objects sent to Denver Art Museum. [CF 30/5/2000]

The Pamunkey are an Algonquian speaking group from Virginia (NE Woodlands). The Denver Art Museum notes (see RDF) do not attribute this artefact to Louisiana, but merely state that it is a Pamunkey piece; the former attribution is in the accession book. It is unclear why it is provenanced as Louisiana. [CW 27 5 99]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory

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