Spoon

Museum number:
5-11713
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011713
Alternate number:
B-1939 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
spoon; carved wood, light in color, handle decorated with parallel lines (incised), hourglass shaped design on center of handle; 33 cm long, 8.5 cm wide.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Igana; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Context of use:
made by son of Baba Alawode
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 8.5 centimeters and length 33 centimeters
Comment:
I; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-11713, described as spoon; carved wood, light in color, handle decorated with parallel lines (incised), hourglass shaped design on center of handle; 33 cm long, 8.5 cm wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 5-11713, described as spoon; carved wood, light in color, handle decorated with parallel lines (incised), hourglass shaped design on center of handle; 33 cm long, 8.5 cm wide.

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