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Datec. 1850-1900
MediumMountain sheep horn
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 9 × 5 in. (12.7 × 22.9 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.467
Not on view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 13, illus. 27).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 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).
Markings Small adhesive label on bottom in ink: [illeg.] NW / 11; on same adhesive label in pencil by an apparent later hand: 72
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 26, illus. 26.
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn
Object number: 1984.466
Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain sheep horn with leather
Object number: 1984.462
Potlatch Spoon
Date: 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn, cow horn, abalone, and copper
Object number: 1984.458
Potlatch Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1984.461
Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1984.459
Potlatch Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1984.457
Potlatch Spoon
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1984.460
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Date: unknown
Medium: Mountain goat horn
Object number: 1996.15.33
Hide Pouch
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and thread
Object number: 1984.566
Miniature Basket
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1984.480
Barbed spear tip
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, red and black pigment
Object number: S2023.2.6
Basket
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root; natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.483