Gourd ladle

Museum number:
5-11542
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011542
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
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.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ladles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.;

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