Spoon

Museum number:
5-3450
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-467 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Carved wooden spoon; Handle consists of interlocking diamonds ending in loop.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kumasi, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ghana; Kumasi; Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-3. Exhibited: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, 1956.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-3450, described as Carved wooden spoon; Handle consists of interlocking diamonds ending in loop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-3450, described as Carved wooden spoon; Handle consists of interlocking diamonds ending in loop.

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