Spoon

Museum number:
5-17059
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
L-1, #13 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-13 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Long, shallow, bowled wooden spoon. Bowl is pierced with 35 holes (wood burned). Tip of handle is broken away across a hole which was intended for hanging.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Cameroon, Canton Nord, Woleu-Ntem Province, Melen II village
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 37.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-17059, described as Long, shallow, bowled wooden spoon. Bowl is pierced with 35 holes (wood burned). Tip of handle is broken away across a hole which was intended for hanging.

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