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Object Number
05-31-50/64979
Display Title
Bone snuff spoon
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone snuff spoon with shallow, rounded, concave bowl and a handle with a central openwork carving and four circular scrolls (two on either side of the handle). The handle is decorated on both sides with a recessed geometric design of criss-cross lines and concentric circles. The recesses are filled in with matte brown pigment. Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description
Spoon, incised and pigmented handle with cutout and 4 perforated nodes
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
/
Zululand
Africa / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal
Africa / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal
Materials
Ivory, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 12.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-31-50/64979
Provenance
Collector
Herman R. P. Cochran
(before 1899 - 1905)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-31-50/64979.2 | Bone snuff spoon |
Spoon
|
KwaZulu-Natal
Zululand | |
| 05-31-50/64979.1 | Bone snuff spoon |
Spoon
|
Zululand
KwaZulu-Natal | |
| 05-31-50/64979.3 | Bone snuff spoon |
Spoon
|
KwaZulu-Natal
Zululand | |
| 06-50-50/66994 | Bone snuff spoon |
Spoon
|
South Africa
| |
| 03-1-50/62763 | Bone snuff spoon |
Spoon
|
South Africa
| |
| 973-43-50/11673B | Bone (?) spoon, decorated with red paint and black pigment |
Spoon
|
Africa
| |
| 973-43-50/11673A | Bone (?) spoon, decorated with red paint and black pigment |
Spoon
|
Africa
| |
| 973-43-50/11673C | Bone comb decorated with black pigment |
Comb
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4782 | Small ivory spoons - incised decoration |
Spoon
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4782.2 | Small ivory spoons - incised decoration |
Spoon
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4782.1 | Small ivory spoons - incised decoration |
Spoon
|
Africa
| |
| 29-43-50/B4782.3 | Small ivory spoons - incised decoration |
Spoon
|
Africa
|