Yéts' shál (black horn spoon)
Yéts' shál (black horn spoon)

Currently not on view

Yéts' shál (black horn spoon),

before 1885

probably Lingít
PU 5419

Information

Title
Yéts' shál (black horn spoon)
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Cow horn, mountain goat horn, and copper
Dimensions
l. 21.0 cm., w. 6.6 cm., d. 8.7 cm. (8 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5419
Place Collected

North America, United States, Alaska

Marks/Labels/Seals
Written in red paint in bowl of spoon [Collector number]: J.321
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
spoons, cutlery
Materials
copper, horn
Techniques
carving, molding
Subject
whales, oil, grease, people, feasts

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 29 April 1885

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