Guro Spoon. Wood, stained black. Shaft of handle carved into 2 sections; end of handle carved at right angle to shapt, with anthropomorphoic head decoration. L = 26.5 cm. Cf. 5-5338
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast Guro
Culture or time period:
Guro
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Cf. Himmelheber. Nk&Nk., fig. 165. 1964, Galerie Maya, 68 rue Mazarine, Paris 6e, $18. Carried. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-31-3