Wooden spoon

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Object Number 991-5-50/12357

Display Title Wooden spoon

Descriptions

Object Description Spoon, wood. Unpainted bowl, handle close to the bowl decorated with black painted triangles on its flat side.

Inventory Description Wooden spoon, carved, incised design and pigment on handle, crack.

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Zulu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / South Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 25.9 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm (10 3/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 991-5-50/12357

Provenance

Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)

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

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