St. Olaf College 3-D object collection ➔ Carved reindeer horn spoon
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Creation: 1900 Single
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Small carved spoon with a large bowl and short handle. Decorative carvings line the bowl and stem, with reindeer carvings in the spoon bowl's center.
Small carved spoon with a large bowl and short handle. Decorative carvings line the bowl and stem, with reindeer carvings in the spoon bowl's center.
Storage ➜ Special Collections Suite ➜ 277A
This spoon was donated by Forrest Brown, Jr. to the College Archives, along with several other items, inside B.J. Muus' cigar humidor. The indigenous people of northern Norway, known as Laplanders or Sámi, carved the spoon.
Brown, Jr., Forrest E. (related)
Sami (European people)
Reindeer
Reindeer
spoons
horn (animal material)
horn (animal material)
North and Central America > United States of America > Minnesota > Rice County > Northfield > St. Olaf College
Europe > Norway
Europe > Norway