Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper, Gabon, 1880-1925

Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper strip Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper strip

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Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper strip
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper strip
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Steel spoon, with long handle partly wrapped in copper strip, with cutting edge at end of handle, from Gabon in West Africa, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A4504
Materials:
steel and copper
Measurements:
length 267 mm
max. bowl: diameter 74 mm
max. handle: width 41 mm
type:
spoons
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)