Spoon - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42380 | |||||
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Plant Name | 159.01 BETULACEAE Alnus viridis | Entry Book Number | 35.1904 | |
| Artefact Name | Spoon | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Spoon | Geography Description | Canada, British Columbia, Queen Charlotte Islands | ||
| Uses | SpoonUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Newcombe Dr CF | Donor No | 54 | ||
| Donor Date | 13/05/1904 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label reads: 'Spoon made by the Haida Indians of Alnus viridis var. sinuata Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.' Newcombe was paid $0.50 for this item in 1904.x0Dx0ASeen by Nancy Turner 20/10/2009. Suggested to be A. rubra, as A. viridis does not grow, large enough. In her ethnographic work she has been told of 'green alder' items that turned out to be fresh (i.e. green wood) A. rubra. | ||||