Black spoon with pointed handle. Incised ring around middle of handle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black spoon with pointed handle. Incised ring around middle of handle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/3/2006]
Long description: Black spoon with pointed handle and incised ring around the middle of the handle. The spoon was likely made from a single piece of mountain goat horn. The reverse of the bowl shows the grain and other natural features of the horn; the front of the bowl is smooth. At the front edge or tip of the bowl, the bowl measures 11 mm and at its widest the bowl measures 60 mm. Where the bowl joins with the handle the width is 16 mm. Here there is a carved, curved ridge and an incomplete perforation. The handle is rounded, smooth, straight and tapers toward the tip. There is a ring incised around the middle of the handle. The handle tapers to a width of 4 mm. [CAK 06/04/2009]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; British Columbia Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) NW Coast
Cultural groups: Haida
Person: Field collector Charles Harrison; PRM source Charles Harrison
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1882-1890
Date collected: Between 1882 and 1890 ?
Acquisition information: Purchased: 02/03/1891
Materials and processes: Material Animal Horn, Material Goat Horn Animal, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 175 mm, Width: max 60 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1891.49.51
Research and responses: The following information comes from Haida delegates who worked with the museum’s collection in September 2009 as part of the project “Haida Material Culture in British Museums: Generating New Forms of Knowledge”:
This spoon was viewed alongside other horn and wood spoons on Wednesday Sept 9, 2009. No information about this particular spoon was recorded. [CAK 12/04/2010]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Status, Spoon, Food Accessory, Status Object

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