Spoon

37598

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pte-He-Kin-Ska
Object Number 37598
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Dakota | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Buffalo Horn
Description

Black spoon carved from buffalo horn. It has a thin handle with a centimeter-long projection at the end. The bowl of the spoon has several scratches running widthwise across it. The number 37596 is written in the bowl of the spoon.

Length 17.78 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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