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Ladle with crocodile form as handle
Object Number 83-14-50/30211
Display Title Ladle with crocodile form as handle
Descriptions
Object Description Carved spoon with serpent (crocodile?) head. The reddish color of the wood suggests that it was rubbed with pigmented oil.
Inventory Description Ladle, carved wood, carved crocodile head and body on handle, incised
Classification
  • Ladle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Vili
  • Yombe
  • Kongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Loanda, Southwest Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm (12 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30211
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. John D. Sparhawk, 1883
Provenance
Collector Mr. John B. Sparhawk (1857)
Donor Mrs. John B. Sparhawk (June 1883)

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