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Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11534, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11534, 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 designs on both surfaces; brown-black and yellow; exterior bowl has 6 ovals, 2 bars in form of rough cross; handle has diagonal zig-zags alternating with dots; 24.8 cm. l.; 8.8 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11530, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11530, 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 designs on both surfaces; black-brown and yellow; bowl exterior has concentric circles enclosing 2 hemispheres and 2 lines of straight lines connected by perpendicular row of straight lines; 27.9 cm. l.; 9.1 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11555, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11555, 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: plain cross enclosed in circle; cross formed from five vertical, four horizontal lines; juxtaposition of oval floral motif on cross; 20.7 cm. l.; 6.8 cm. w.;
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladle, accession number 5-11549, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11549, 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: four ovals in cross form juxtaposed with four six-pointed stars also in cross form; 23.2 cm. l.; 8.8 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 5-11554, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11554, 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: 2 filled-in hemispheres connected by 21 vertical bars; 21.6 cm. l.; 8.3 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 5-11545, described as Gourd ladle, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11545, 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, filled in with diagonal grid; four "x's" on either side of this; 23 cm. l.; 7.4 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.;
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.;

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