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Wooden spoon
Object Number 991-5-50/12353
Display Title Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Spoon of wood, bowl-end section is ringed in black paint; handle is carved, comes to a point and decorated with black paint
Inventory Description Carved wooden spoon, incised hancle with pigment, pointed at handle end.
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm (12 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12353
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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