SPOON

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

SPOON

Entry/Object ID

143/3553

Description

SMALL/CARVED HANDLE

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

Cultural affiliation was determined based on assumed provenance. The letter from Thornburgh, to which this item is ascribed, mentions a black horn spoon with a carved handle in the shape of a bird or mythological animal.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Spoon

Parts

Count

1

Material

BUFFALO HORN

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB. VERN THORNBURGH HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 256J, ITEM #2 LETTER DATED 5/28/1914