Ivory snuff spoon

Ivory snuff spoon, lanceolate bowl with deep well

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Ivory snuff spoon, lanceolate bowl with deep well
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Ivory snuff spoon, lanceolate bowl with deep well, on elaborately carved handle terminating in tapering spine, circular in section, Congolese, 1880-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A89805
Materials:
ivory
Measurements:
length 225 mm
bowl: length 43 mm
bowl: width 15 mm
handle: width 14 mm
bowl: depth 7 mm
type:
snuff spoons
credit:
Glendining