Spoon

Museum number:
5-14578
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014578
Accession number:
Acc.4023
Description:
Spoon, wood, "mwiko." Stained, with a flat teardrop-shaped end. Length 38 centimeters. Made by Waswahili men and is used in cooking for stirring, especially rice. It is also used to serve rice from the cooking pot to a plate. Cost USD $0.35 [at collection date 1984].
Donor:
Linda Donley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mombasa, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Mombasa; Swahili
Culture or time period:
Swahili
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-14578, described as Spoon, wood, "mwiko." Stained, with a flat teardrop-shaped end. Length 38 centimeters. Made by Waswahili men and is used in cooking for stirring, especially rice. It is also used to serve rice from the cooking pot to a plate. Cost USD $0.35 [at collection date 1984].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-14578, described as Spoon, wood, "mwiko." Stained, with a flat teardrop-shaped end. Length 38 centimeters. Made by Waswahili men and is used in cooking for stirring, especially rice. It is also used to serve rice from the cooking pot to a plate. Cost USD $0.35 [at collection date 1984].

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