Wooden spoon

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Object Number 991-5-50/12356

Display Title Wooden spoon

Descriptions

Object Description Spoon, wood. With a handle carved and decorated into 2 sections.

Inventory Description Wooden spoon, carved double handle with pigment

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Zulu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / South Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 37.4 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm (14 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 991-5-50/12356

Provenance

Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)

Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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