Ivory spoon, 1870-1926

Made:
1870-1926 in Democratic Republic of Congo
maker:
Unknown
Ivory spoon, large oval bowl, cleft handle

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Ivory spoon, large oval bowl, cleft handle
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Ivory spoon, large oval bowl, cleft handle, two bowed stems meeting at ends, crescent at top, from Stanley Falls, Congo, 1870-1926

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A91858
Materials:
ivory
Measurements:
overall: length 230 mm
bowl: length 110 mm
bowl: width 53 mm
bowl: depth 39 mm
handle: width 33 mm
type:
spoons
credit:
Pareyn, H.

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