150 COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID. 



Alaskan spoons. Made of a mixture of wild sheep s horn and goat s horn, retaining 

 their own shape, and magnificently ornamented with carved mythological devices 

 of the tribes of the Koluschan stock. Sitka, Alaska. 20843, 20749, 20748, 20747, 

 23432, 23431, 23431, 16257. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Spoon. Made of white ox horn. Large circular bowl, with a handle about an inch 

 long. It has a buckskin loop ornamented with work in quills of different colors ; 

 the handle is strengthened with small rings of tin plate. Diameter of the bowl, 

 5J- inches. Sioux Indians. 131337 (a). Collected by Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



This class of spoons is made for trade, as the Sioux do not use them in their 

 homes,. 



Spoon. Made of white ox horn. The bowl is of a semi-oval form. The handle is 

 covered with strings of beads. Length, 11 inches ; width of the bowl, 3| inches. 

 Sioux Indians. 131337 (b). Collected by Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



Spoon. Made of white ox horn. The bowl is of a semi -oval form ; the handle is very 

 slender, and is surrounded by dyed braids of quill and with little rings of 

 tin plate, with yellow feathers. It has a carved bird s head at the end of the 

 handle. Length, 11 inches; width of the bowl, 3| inches. Sioux Indians. 

 131337 (c). Collected by Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



Bowl. Made of black ox horn. Large, circular bowl; the handle is \ r ery slender, 

 and is surrounded by dyed braids of quill. It has a bird s head carved on the 

 end of the handle. Length, 9 inches; width of the bowl, 4 inches. Sioux 

 Indians. 131337 (d). Collected by Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



This kind of spoon is made by boiling the horn to make it flexible; in this 

 state the desired shape is given to it, and it is held in position until it is 

 entirely cold. 



Spoon. Made of white ox horn. The bowl is shallow and the handle is slender, with 

 bead ornaments and rings of tin plate covered with braids of dyed strips of 

 quill. It has the head of a bird carved on the end of the handle. Length, 9^ 

 inches; width of the bowl, 3 inches. Sioux Indians. 131337 (e). Collected by 

 Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



This kind of spoon is made for trade ; the Sioux do not use them in their 

 homes. 



Spoon. Made of white ox horn. The bowl is deep and the handle is slender, sur 

 rounded by dyed braids of quill. The head of an elk is carved on the end of the 

 handle. Length, 9 inches; width of the bowl, 3 inches. Sioux Indians. 

 131337 (f). Collected by Mrs. A. C. Jackson. 



Buckets (3). Made of decorated hide. Used for holding berries, sugar, pounded meat, 

 etc. Kiowa Indians (Kiowan stock), Kiowa Reservation, Indian Territory, 1891. 

 152996. Collected by James Mooney. 



Pestles (3). Made of walrus tusk. Used for pounding berries with dried meat, in order 

 to season it. Length, 14, 15, 16 inches; width, 2, 2^, and 2 inches. Eskimo of 

 Bristol Bay, Alaska. 55919. Collected by Charles L. McKay. 



Pestle. Made of walrus tusk. Used.for pounding berries with meat, in order to sea 

 son it. Length, 11 J inches; diameter, 2 inches. Eskimo of Kassianamute, 

 Alaska. 127422.^ Collected by I. Applegate. 



Ladle. Made of buffalo bone painted red. The bowl is very deep. Length, 9 inches. 

 Kiowa Indians (Kiowau stock), Kiowa Reservation, Indian Territory, 1891. 

 152994. Collected by James Mooney. 



Ladle. Made of wood. The bowl is of the shape of an egg. Length, 15 inches. 

 1 Kiowa Indians (Kiowan stock), Kiowa Reservation, Indian Territory, 1891. 

 152993. Collected by James Mooney. 



Bcwls. Made of a tree knot. The Kiowas do not manufacture pottery or baskets. 

 Diameter 5 to 7 inches. Kiowa Indians (Kiowan stock) Kiowa Reservation, 

 Indian Territory, 1891. 152995. Collected by James Mooney. 



