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Spoon

Spoon with short handle carved in form of head of shark, eyes and teeth inalid with mother-of-pearl. Shark is known by his mouth with depressed corners, many teeth, elongated cone over his forehead with two circles and curved lines, round eyes. On this example the ears cover the entire top of the head above the eyebrows and the cone appears only above them.

Date
19th century
In our collection
since March the 1st, 2009 up to now
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (17.15 x 5.87 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Mountain goat horn
Price
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Composition
copper88%
cadmium9%
atium2%
oxygen1%