Looking Both Ways

LOOKING BOTH WAYS: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People of Southern Alaska

Introduction
About the People
Alutiiq Villages
About this Project
Supplemental Reading

Object Categories
Ancestors
Our History
Our Way of Living
Our Beliefs
Our Family

IMAGE
Goat Horn Spoon:

LOCATION: Karluk (Kallut), Kodiak Island, 1879-1882

REFERENCE: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH 72527)

DIMENSIONS: 15 cm high.

DESCRIPTION:

Alutiiq craftsmen made serving spoons from the horns of mountain goats. They softened the horns with steam, then bent and carved the bowls into shape.

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