Spoon

Museum number:
3-25492
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2548
Description:
Pod; one-half pod of morro tree. Length 12.5 cm; width 9 cm. Native name: Cuchara de morro-spoon. Materials: Pod of arbol de morro (tree). Context of use: Used as a spoon by both men and women for serving and eating food.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Collector:
Julius Stephen Kassovic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 3-25492, described as Pod; one-half pod of morro tree. Length 12.5 cm; width 9 cm. Native name: Cuchara de morro-spoon. Materials: Pod of arbol de morro (tree). Context of use: Used as a spoon by both men and women for serving and eating food.

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