spoon

spoon

spoon

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Nation of Maker: Odawa
Place of Origin: Michigan, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1860
Materials

maple

Techniques or Format

Dark brown spoon with shallow bowl, stepped wings at lower handle, and hooked handle end.

Motifs and Patterns

Seated human figure carved on top of the hook.

Dimensions: 6.25 × 2.375 × 1.75 in
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 81.42
Collection at Current Location: Chandler Pohrt Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Richard A. Pohrt
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1962
Collection Narratives and Histories

Formerly in the collection of: Yellow Thunder, Cross Village, Michigan, July 1962. AC: Yellow Thunder family still called Ozawanimki.

GKS Reference Number: 26746
Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994