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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Datec. 1850-1900
MediumMountain goat horn
DimensionsOverall (at widest): 5 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (13 × 4.1 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (at narrowest): 5 1/8 × 1/4 × 1/4 in. (13 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.461
Not on view
DescriptionThis small carved horn spoon, with a roughly carved tribal motif on handle, might have been made for a child.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 6, illus., 21).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 6, illus., 21).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Published References
WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 22, illus. 21.
Unknown artist
Date: 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn, cow horn, abalone, and copper
Object number: 1984.458
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn with leather
Object number: 1984.462
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn
Object number: 1984.466
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.490
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.493
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.492
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.494