Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Sioux, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved bovine horn spoon and a spatulate tool made from ungulate bone. The spoon is possibly bison, cattle, or even bighorn sheep horn - steamed until soft then molded to create the incurved shape and carved to form a slender handle that is covered with cloth and beading. The glass seed beads are powder blue, black, and white, adorning both handle and a tassel with a tin sheet and red hair bristles. The spatulate bone is probably from a deer or elk leg- hollowed along one to work and scrape hides, a tool sometimes known as a beamer or flesher. Size (bone scraper): 6" L x 1.5" W (15.2 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private S.S. collection, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Cavities and small perforations in the surface of horn spoon. Losses to some beads. Surface wear and abrasions on bone scraper, but otherwise intact with great signs of age and use.