Wood spoon

Museum number:
5-9949
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2748
Description:
Spoon, carved wood; round bowl, twisted shaft; anthropomorphic handle represents elongated face; l. 23 cm.
Donor:
Lee C. Petrasek
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Bambara attrib.
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood spoon, accession number 5-9949, described as Spoon, carved wood; round bowl, twisted shaft; anthropomorphic handle represents elongated face; l. 23 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood spoon, accession number 5-9949, described as Spoon, carved wood; round bowl, twisted shaft; anthropomorphic handle represents elongated face; l. 23 cm.

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