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Object Number 37-32-50/2429
Display Title Large wooden cooking spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, carved and pigmented wood, cut-out handle with incised deco, deep bowl
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Mbalmayon, vicinity of
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 60 x 16.5 x 7.7 cm (23 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2429

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