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1949.3.71

Wooden spoon with oval bowl at almost right angle to the handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/3/2006]


1949.3.71

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden spoon with oval bowl at almost right angle to the handle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/3/2006]
Geographical reference
Omuramba Omatako (watercourse)
Cultural groups
Khoe-San
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
January - September 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1949
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 158 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1949.3.71 Other numbers: 288
Research and responses

Related Documents File - List of 'Curios collected in Northern South West Africa and Angola, January to September 1939. Presented by Major P. H. G. Powell Cotton and Mr. Christopher Powell Cotton to Professor Balfour.' [Additional note]: Kept at Powell Cotton Museum during the War, 1949.3.42-74. List provides descriptions of object, location and local name. [GI 25/1/2002]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory