Spoon

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Culture/People: Mississippi Choctaw
Previous owner: Elon Bell, Mississippi Choctaw
Collector: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971

Collection History: Collected from Elon Bell (Mississippi Choctaw) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Place: Neshoba County and Scott County; Mississippi; USA

See related items: Mississippi Choctaw; Food/Beverage Serving

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/8840
Barcode: 018840.000

Object Type: Food/Beverage Serving
Indigenous Term: wa ka la pic sti'm pa

Object Name: Spoon
Media/Materials: Cow horn
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68f8d7a00-c74c-48de-9d69-87d01220d3b6

Record ID: NMAI_19987