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Object Number 17-41-50/B1603
Display Title Ivory spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, carved bone, ovate bowl, cutout and ridged handle, circle end, stained
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sakara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm (10 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B.1603; [29882]

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