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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Alaska Native
Title:Spoon; Ladle
Type:Food Service
Materials:Horn and abalone
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska
Measurements:Overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 8.3 cm x 24.8 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK E.12.D.22.3
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
A very fine light horn Alaskan ladle or spoon. Bowl cut very thin and handle carved similarly to a totem pole and inlaid with mother of pearl.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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