Spoon

About this object

History of use

Carved mountain goat horn spoon are wealth items which were distributed at ceremonial feasts.

Narrative

Collected by Barnabas Courtland Freeman between 1893 and 1903.

Cultural context

used at feasts

Iconographic meaning

Raven and wolf are mythological and crest figures. Raven is the creator. The use of these figures on this spoon suggests it was made for a clan member with a right to use them.

Physical description

Black spoon of carved mountain goat horn. Bowl is oval and nearly flat. Attached to handle by rivet. Handle tapers to point, and is carved from tip with two figures: a wolf holding the head of a human, and a raven.