Spoon, Horn - Laus`kaaq (N); Luus`kaaq (S)
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center > Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
1988.028.001
Horn
Height: .75"
Width: 2.75"
Length: 6"
19th century
Alutiiq
Prince William Sound (attributed), ca. 19th century
Chugach or Koniag mountain goat horn spoon, semi-circular in outline, with motifs along the handle similar to formline designs. The bowl emerges as the lower lip of large mouth figure at the end of the handle, with a long tongue, slightly concave, going halfway down the bowl. The interior of the bowl is characterized by two areas of parallel solid and dotted lines. There is a 2cm slot in the top of the handle. The lower lip continues down the back of the bowl as a rectangular raised area with formline motifs and lines of hatch marks. The back of the handle is striated. Color is dark brown. Made of one piece of horn.