1891.49.53

Collection type

Object

Description

Brown horn spoon with pointed handle, the 'graininess' in the horn is visible. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/3/2006]

Long description

Brown horn spoon with pointed handle, the 'graininess' in the horn is visible. The spoon is made from a single piece of mountain goat horn. The grain of the horn is highly visible in the bowl. The bowl is smooth with some shallow holes near the tip or front of the bowl that may be a natural feature of the horn. The tip of the bowl has a slight upward bend to it. At its tip, the bowl measures 16 mm wide, at its widest the bowl is 65 mm wide, and where the bowl meets the handle the bowl is 24 mm wide. The bowl is much wider than the handle at this point, the handle measuring only 15 mm. The handle has a carved, curved ridge where it meets the bowl, and then is plainly carved, tapering toward the tip. At the tip, the handle measures 5 mm. The handle is curved. [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

Dimensions

Width: max 65 mm, Length: max 200 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1891.49.53

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