Spoon

Museum number:
5-10145
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1940 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
spoon; wood; incised designs of diamonds and triangles on handle; L. 30 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Igana; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 30 centimeters
Comment:
Son of Baba Alawode, Iganna, 1936. (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10145, described as spoon; wood; incised designs of diamonds and triangles on handle; L. 30 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10145, described as spoon; wood; incised designs of diamonds and triangles on handle; L. 30 cm.

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