Is “Spoon” in the public domain?

Yes. “Spoon” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

Can I use “Spoon” commercially for free?

Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

“Spoon” (3rd millennium BCE) is a public-domain (CC0) artwork, free to view, download and reuse for any purpose. It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Spoon

Title	Spoon
Date	3rd millennium BCE 29th century BCE
Medium	Shell
Classification	Shell-Implements
Origin	Valdivia Valdivia
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Timothy, Peter, and Jonathan Zorach, 1980
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

About this artwork

“Spoon” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 3rd millennium BCE. It is executed in shell and classified as shell-implements. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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