Brass-mounted silver mate spoon

SMG00168212

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Brass-mounted silver mate spoon, bombilla, decorated with applied figures of men shooting birds, South American, 1801-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A99324
Materials:
silver and brass
Measurements:
length 235 mm
maximum: width 49 mm
bowl: width 23 mm
type:
mate spoons
credit:
Bouchervy