Wooden ceremonial spoon

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Object Number 37-77-50/2611

Display Title Wooden ceremonial spoon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, large oval bowl, incised human head handle, fiber cord

Classification

Spoon
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 37 x 10 x 3.5 cm (14 9/16 x 3 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2611

Provenance

Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
37-77-50/2561	Wooden ceremonial spoon	Spoon Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/2612	Wooden ceremonial spoon, rather new; probably made to sell	Spoon	Liberia
37-77-50/2610	Wooden ceremonial spoon	Spoon	Liberia
08-36-70/4945	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, deco	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4877	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4878	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/5000	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, turb	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4942	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4944	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/5031	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, fema	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/5039	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
81-23-60/24593	Spoon wooden large	Spoon	Japan

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