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Start Over Object name Gourd ladle Donor W. H. Lawson
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11538, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11538, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs on both surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved designs on both surfaces; brown-black and yellow; exterior design: grids cover virtually entire exterior surface, with some plain straight lines; 27 cm. l.; 9.6 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11542, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11542, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs on both surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved designs on both surfaces; brown-black and yellow; exterior bowl designs: simple; top half has three straight lines with four curved lines "rising" above it, space between filled in with diagonal zig-zag; 18.5 cm. l.; 6 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11547, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11547, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs on both surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving foods Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved designs on both surfaces; brown-black, yellow; exterior bowl design: central oval flanked by perpendicular ovals; four six-pointed stars in quadrants formed by oval arrangement; 23.1 cm. l.; 8.6 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11551, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11551, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs on both surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved designs on both surfaces; brown-black, yellow; exterior bowl design: diamond grid with zig-zags on either side; 21..6 cm. l.; 8.4 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11521, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11521, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon shape from 1/2 of gourd; designs pyroengraved on all surfaces; Context of use: for eating or serving liquid foods Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; designs mainly pyroengraved; bottom of bowl has as leading designs squares of "x's" alternating with squares of grid bounded by band of 3 black lines; all surfaces are decorated; 39.5 cm. l.; 14.8 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11527, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11527, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle; made from gourd; pyroengraved on both surfaces; black, yellow; spear shape on exterior handle; bowl exterior has 2 horizontal grid bands enclosing central band with diamond shape predominant; 23 cm. l; 8.6 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11533, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11533, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved decoration on all surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle; pyroengraved designs cover both surfaces; black or yellow; made from gourd; bowl designs: interior-3 concentric circles and 6-pointed star; exterior-2 crosses juxtaposed with lines crossing diagonally; 21 cm. l.; 8.8 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11523, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Haussa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11523, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon shape from 1/2 of gourd; designs pyroengraved on all surfaces; Context of use: for eating or serving liquid foods Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved decorations on both sides; black, yellow; exterior handle has design of spear; bottom of bowl: crisscross grid with straight lines bounding it, these bounded by black half-cricles; 26.3 cm. l.; 10.6 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11536, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11536, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs on surfaces Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved designs on both surfaces; brown-black and yellow; exterior bowl design: 2 solid-colored squares juxtaposed, 2 rectangular grids above and below, 4 rows of dots; 25 cm. l.; 7.9 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11531, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11531, acc no. 2879, file code 1.5. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: spoon cut from 1/2 of gourd, pyroengraved designs Context of use: for eating or serving food Description: Spoon or ladle, made from gourd; pyroengraved on both surfaces; black and yellow; bowl design: exterior - grid of 6-pointed stars enclosed by 2 anvil-shaped geometric forms, polka-dots; 20.4 cm. l.; 8.8 cm. w.;

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