Spoon with Image of a Human
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
19th century
Mountain Goat horn and abalone shell
Overall: 1 7/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 5/16 in. (3.6 × 16 × 5.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13878
Geography
Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 10 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
Provenance
Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.
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