Wood spoon of dark wood. The bowl is deep and slightly conical shape with a flattened bottom. The handle is smooth and unadorned except for a thin rope loop threaded through it at the end. There are the traces of a white ?liquid splashed across the handle in various places. [MOBB [OPS move] 19/5/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wood spoon of dark wood. The bowl is deep and slightly conical shape with a flattened bottom. The handle is smooth and unadorned except for a thin rope loop threaded through it at the end. There are the traces of a white ?liquid splashed across the handle in various places. [MOBB [OPS move] 19/5/2016]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria; Aurès Mountains
Cultural groups: Chaouia Berber
Person: Field collector Melville William Hilton-Simpson; PRM source Melville William Hilton-Simpson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Tin Metal, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter: max 153 mm, Length: max 512 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.76.66
Research and responses: There is only one ladle mentioned in the Detailed Amulet Card Catalogue which matches the details from both 1914.76.66 and 1914.76.67. The information has therefore been placed on both. [EB 28/2/2002]

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