Horn Spoon with an Eagle or Raven Design
Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast
collected 1820-1860
Mountain Goat horn
Overall: 6 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (16.9 × 5.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly
22.3.1930
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
Course History
ARTH 16, ANTH 50, Australian Aborigional Art, Howard Morphy, Fall 2012
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 "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.
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