Spoon

Museum number:
5-17081
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Alternate number:
L-1, #36 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-36 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Carved wooden spoon. Plain, not decorated. Two colors of wood - cream and red brown - form a circle in the bowl of the spoon and along the back side of the handle. Handle ends in an arrow point with a hole pierced at center.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Western Africa
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 34.7 centimeters and width 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-17081, described as Carved wooden spoon. Plain, not decorated. Two colors of wood - cream and red brown - form a circle in the bowl of the spoon and along the back side of the handle. Handle ends in an arrow point with a hole pierced at center.

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