Annual report . Fig. ii Types of Seneca and Onondaga eating spoons, i, wooden spoon; 2, bark ladle;3, buffalo horn spoon. Number 3 was collected by E. R. Burmaster, 1910, from theAlec John family who had preserved it as an heirloom for many years. was plunged in and boiled with the dye until it had becomethoroughly saturated with the dye and had partaken of the desiredcolor. By use and time the spoon became almost as black as ebonyand took a high polish. Spoons were sometimes shaped from elm bark but these werenot durable. They were scoops rather than ladles or spoons. The Iroquois did not rea
Annual report . Fig. ii Types of Seneca and Onondaga eating spoons, i, wooden spoon; 2, bark ladle;3, buffalo horn spoon. Number 3 was collected by E. R. Burmaster, 1910, from theAlec John family who had preserved it as an heirloom for many years. was plunged in and boiled with the dye until it had becomethoroughly saturated with the dye and had partaken of the desiredcolor. By use and time the spoon became almost as black as ebonyand took a high polish. Spoons were sometimes shaped from elm bark but these werenot durable. They were scoops rather than ladles or spoons. The Iroquois did not readily abandon the use of wooden spoonsand in some districts they are still used. The Indians say that food Plate 14.
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