This spoon was among the objects transferred in 1877, from Deerfield Academy to the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, both located in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The spoon is made from a mountain goat horn.  Deerfield Academy was established in June 1797, and included a “cabinet of curiosities”, as did a number of New England academies and libraries. These collections were comprised of exotic and curious items that travelers and seamen brought back from their journeys to far-off locations.