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Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-6263b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-6265b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-11481b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-6261b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-6265c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Engraved metal spoon, accession number 5-11520, described as Ludayi, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11520, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from single sheet of aluminum, bowl hammered into shape, designs stippled on surfaces Context of use: for eating liquid foods Description: spoon, ladlelike; aluminum imitation of native gourd spoons; cut from one sheet of aluminum; stippled designs on both surfaces: double helix on handle exterior, cross with curved bars on bottom of bowl; 24.4 cm. l.; 7.3 cm. w.;

Hearst Museum object titled Engraved metal spoon, accession number 5-11519, described as Ludayi, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11519, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from single sheet of aluminum, bowl hammered into shape, designs stippled on surfaces Context of use: for eating liquid foods Description: spoon, ladlelike; aluminum imitation of native gourd spoons; cut from one sheet of aluminum; stippled designs on both surfaces: double helix on exterior handle, 8-pointed star with each edge a row od 4 stipples on bottom of bowl; 24.5 cm. l.; 7.2 cm. w.;

Hearst Museum object titled Engraved metal spoon, accession number 5-11518, described as Ludayi, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11518, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from single sheet of aluminum, bowl hammered into shape, designs stippled on surfaces Context of use: for eating liquid foods Description: spoon, ladlelike; aluminum imitation of native gourd spoons; cut from one sheet of aluminum; stippled designs on both surfaces: double helix on exterior handle, 8-pointed star on bottom of bowl; 2nd double helix above star; 24 cm. l.; 7 cm. w.;

Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 5-11558, described as Fan, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11558, acc no. 2879, file code 2.1. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: wood frame covered with leather (glued & sewn); feathers added Context of use: for cooling off in hot weather Description: fan; wood frame is covered with glued and sewn leather (colors: red, white, black, yellow, green); red central panel has design of black-on-white bars, green and yellow cut out diamonds; feathers (green with some red and yellow) emerge from edges; 66 cm. l.; 44 cm. w.;

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl, accession number 5-11509, described as Gourd bowl, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11509, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Section of gourd hollowed, decorated by pressure-engraving Context of use: to hold food or liquids Description: Bowl; hollowed out section of gourd; outside surface has intricate decoration (pressure-engraved) of wide and narrow concentric circles, zig-zags, straight lines; 17.5 cm. diameter; 8 cm. deep

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