Gourd ladel

Museum number:
5-14946
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014946
Accession number:
Acc.4314
Description:
Dipper. Gourd dipper with pyroengraved geometrical designs, flowers, and turtle. 8 horizontal lines pyroengraved on handle. Gourd is thin and lightweight. Almost all of outer skin removed. 24.6 centimeters long. Tourist sale item.
Donor:
Elizabeth Oppenheim
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ladles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
March 30, 1988
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Gourd ladel, accession number 5-14946, described as Dipper. Gourd dipper with pyroengraved geometrical designs, flowers, and turtle. 8 horizontal lines pyroengraved on handle. Gourd is thin and lightweight. Almost all of outer skin removed. 24.6 centimeters long. Tourist sale item.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Gourd ladel, accession number 5-14946, described as Dipper. Gourd dipper with pyroengraved geometrical designs, flowers, and turtle. 8 horizontal lines pyroengraved on handle. Gourd is thin and lightweight. Almost all of outer skin removed. 24.6 centimeters long. Tourist sale item.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd ladel, accession number 5-14946, described as Dipper. Gourd dipper with pyroengraved geometrical designs, flowers, and turtle. 8 horizontal lines pyroengraved on handle. Gourd is thin and lightweight. Almost all of outer skin removed. 24.6 centimeters long. Tourist sale item.

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