Spoon

Museum number:
5-17014
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
EC-62 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4787
Description:
half gourd, cut lengthwise, forming a spoon. Inside and out are pyro decorated with geometric and hatched designs. 1957
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 4.7 centimeters, length 21 centimeters, and width 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 5-17014, described as half gourd, cut lengthwise, forming a spoon. Inside and out are pyro decorated with geometric and hatched designs. 1957Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 5-17014, described as half gourd, cut lengthwise, forming a spoon. Inside and out are pyro decorated with geometric and hatched designs. 1957

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