Choctaw Usage of Horns

Spoons are made by the Choctaw from cow horns (wak lape’she sti’mpa; literally, cow horn spoon).

Two good examples are represented in the following image.

In describing the manners and customs of the Choctaw, Adair 1 alluded to “their wooden dishes, and spoons made of wood and buffalo horn;” consequently the making of spoons is a continuation of an ancient art.

Citations:

1. James Adair, History of the American Indians, p. 421, London, 1775.[↩]