Knife & fork rest
- Museum number:
- 5-16330
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016330
- Alternate number:
- B-192 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Ba-Pende knife and fork rest; carved ivory; decorated with carved heads on ears end
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa, Congo, Leopoldville
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Pende
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1944
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- width 1.1 centimeters, height 14.5 centimeters, and length 2.8 centimeters
- Images:
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