Salad servers

Museum number:
5-2664a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; Livingstone Curio area; Tonga - Toka - Leya tribes
Culture or time period:
Leya (Baleya) people, Toka (Batoka) people, and Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Collector:
Bonnie B. Keller
Collection date:
August 1962
Taxon:
Kirkia acuminata
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Salad tongs
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
East African copies
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Salad servers, accession number 5-2664a,b, described as Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Salad servers, accession number 5-2664a,b, described as Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salad servers, accession number 5-2664a,b, described as Wooden salad servers; a) Fork with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches; b) Spoon with stylized bird handle; length 11¼ inches. Muzumina wood (Kiskia acuminata).

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