Spoon

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Culture/People: Tlingit
Collector: Colonel Mottrom D. Ball (Mottram Dulany Ball), Non-Indian, 1835-1887
Previous owner: Colonel Mottrom D. Ball (Mottram Dulany Ball), Non-Indian, 1835-1887; Sarah Lewis Ball (Sallie Lewis Ball), Non-Indian, 1866-1944
Seller: Sarah Lewis Ball (Sallie Lewis Ball), Non-Indian, 1866-1944
Seller agent: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945

Collection History: Collected circa 1880 by Colonel Mottram D. Ball (1835-1887, a customs collector at Sitka, Alaska, and U.S. District Attorney for the Alaska Territory between 1876 and 1887); inherited by his daughter Sarah (Sallie) Lewis Ball (1866-1944); purchased by George Heye from Sallie Ball in 1907 through Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899).
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Place: Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago: Alexander Archipelago
Island Name: Baranof Island

See related items: Tlingit; Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/2150
Barcode: 012150.000

Object Type: Food/Beverage Serving

Object Name: Spoon
Media/Materials: Mountain sheep horn
Techniques: Incised

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b2f9c291-bb46-4a50-82f5-eea3910ea1b6

Record ID: NMAI_12593