Snuff Spoon, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown.

Snuff Spoon, late 1800s. Creator: Unknown.

2-741-425 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Snuff Spoon, late 1800s. Often, snuff spoons made from the rib of an ox or cow were subtly carved to suggest a female body. Decorated with incised designs blackened with cattle fat and ash, many are true hybrid objects, combining a spoon with a long-tined comb or hairpin. Such spoons were typically worn as ornaments in the hair or even the beard, thus signaling the social standing of their wearer.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Bone

Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5044x3014
File Size : 44,539kb


Aliases

  1. 2010.234
  1. 168482
  1. 0940025402
  1. 2-741-425
  1. 2010.234
  1. 2741425


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