Context (Amendments / updates)
The object was originally given 1929.159 catalogue number and then was re-catalogued as Z 14928 B.

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Display)
Exhibited: CUMAA old Anthropological displays, dismantled 20 08 1986.

[This seems to be from the splitting of record Z 14928 A-C and may not apply to all three spoons. K.Dring 21/07/2020]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Production / use)
Such spoons were used at feasts and potlatches, clearly demarcating the elaborate event from the everyday. The crests carved on the handle were possibly those of the owner representing a tangible connection between the lineage and the economic resources consumed during the feasting. The spoons were used for eating oolichan grease, berries, fish roe and fish. The spoons were made by steaming and shaping the horn. [G.Crowther]

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 14928 A & C were originally entered on computer as part of an archaeology record (storage location unspecified)
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: ?Watts.J.C in ?1892
Event Date 1892
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.

Event Date 1/10/1992
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
Three horn spoons. A: Back of bowl carved as well as handle. Bowl attached by copper rivets.B: The dark spoon has a decorated handle with a curved bowl afixed to the base of the handle by two small rivets (Alaska 1892). The handle is composed of possibly a human figure (the head as been broken off) holding a spear-like object. This figure is standing on a frog which in turn is seated on the head of a beaver. The beaver has a chewing stick between its teeth, a tail which extends behind the bowl. C: Has two lines of hatching running along bowl inside. handle short (' Ukon, Klondike'); Good
Event Date 1/10/1992
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
The spoon 1944.53 is noted as also accessioned as Z 14928 B and was given by Lady Smith Woodward and there seem to be confusion over the re-numbering of this object.

[A query has been added before 1944.53 in the MAA Nos field as the spoon photographed with the IDNO Z 14928 B is marked with 1929.159. There is no database record for 1929.159 which leads me to believe that it was treated as a duplicate and removed after all information was copied onto this record.

The label on the back of the spoon marked with these numbers is dated 1889, and this is consistent with the note in the Accession Register for 1929.159 which states that Watts collected the spoons 40 years prior to their donation in 1929. 1944.53 appears to have a completely different provenance. Katrina Dring 21/07/2020]
Event Date 13/4/2015
Author: Rachel Hand