Spoon

Museum number:
5-10139
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1904 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
spoon; sculptured handle of bands and diagonals; forked handle end; L. 34 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1937
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 34 centimeters
Comment:
1979, Ife, market. Slide. (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10139, described as spoon; sculptured handle of bands and diagonals; forked handle end; L. 34 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-10139, described as spoon; sculptured handle of bands and diagonals; forked handle end; L. 34 cm.

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