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Wooden spoon
Object Number 991-5-50/12363C
Display Title Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Spoon, wood. Decorated with white beading on the handles, with bands of green, red, and blue beads in decorative patterns.
Inventory Description Wood spoon, beads on handle with loop, pigment around rim of spoon.
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Pigment, Glass, Thread, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12363C
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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