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Photograph by Dave Revette.
Spoon
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Dateunknown
MediumMountain goat horn
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 in. × 3 3/4 in. × 4 in. (31.1 × 9.5 × 10.2 cm) Handle: 3 7/8 in. × 1 in. × 5/8 in. (9.8 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm) Bowl: 8 3/8 in. × 3 3/4 in. × 2 in. (21.3 × 9.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1996.15.33
Not on view
DescriptionLarge spoon of mountain goat horn with totem animal figures carved on handle.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985.
Provenance 1996: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of William G. Roehrick, Jr.;
by 1985 - 1996: William G. Roehrick, Jr., by purchase from an antique shop in Woodstock, NY.
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST" (exh. cat. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1985)
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