Spoon

Museum number:
5-10292
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1707 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
spoon; wood; ladle-like; cracked bowl; L. 33 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Lagos; Procured from Disu’s cousin
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 33 centimeters
Comment:
Collected in 1945. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-3
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10292, described as spoon; wood; ladle-like; cracked bowl; L. 33 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10292, described as spoon; wood; ladle-like; cracked bowl; L. 33 cm.

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