About the Artwork
Spoon with Animal Head
19th century
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Native American
Tlingit
Horn
Overall: 5 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (14 × 14.9 × 24.4 cm)
Carving
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Frederick Stearns
72.493
Public Domain
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between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA);1907-present, bequeathed 1907 to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
attributed to Tlingit, Native American, Spoon with Animal Head, 19th century, horn. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 72.493.
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