Horn Spoon
Unknown people (Northwest Coast)
Northwest Coast
Mountain sheep horn
Overall: 9 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (25.1 × 6.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer
163.22.15113
Geography
Place Made: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Julia E. Christiansen Hoffman (1856-1934); to her children, Margery Hoffman Smith (Mrs. Ferdinand C. Smith) (1881-1981) and L. Hawley Hoffman; to Doris Meltzer, Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1963.
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