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Hospitality "po" spoon
Object Number 998-23-50/12969
Display Title Hospitality "po" spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Hospitality "po" spoon with woman's head handle, her eye orbits inlaid with aluminum; end of bowl broken and missing
Inventory Description Carved wooden spoon, long, oval bowl, human face with metal eyes, stained.
Classification
  • Spoon
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Bassa
  • Bassa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Metal, Pigment, Aluminum
Dimensions Overall: 38.1 x 10.16 x 5.2 cm (15 x 4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-23-50/12969
Credit Line Gift of Kenneth Elwood Douglas
Provenance
Provenance Bassa chief (1947-1949)
Collector Kenneth Elwood Douglas (1947-1949 - 12/17/98)
Donor Kenneth Elwood Douglas (1947-1949 - 12/17/98)

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