Wooden spoon
Ute
Great Basin
collected 1887-1906
Wood
Overall: 7 7/8 × 4 7/16 × 9/16 in. (20 × 11.3 × 1.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ida Farr Miller
44.18.8806
Geography
Place Made: Salt Lake City, United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Great Basin
Not on view
Inscriptions
On the handle is printed in black "Micoine, or Indian spoon."
Provenance
Collected by Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840-1907) (Mrs. Evarts Worcester Farr, Class of 1863W), Pasadena, California, between 1887-1906; given to her daughter, Ida Farr Miller (1863-1953), 1907; given to present collection, 1944.
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