- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Brass spoon in the shape of a longitudinally split gourd.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Hausa
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1929
- Date collected
- By 1929
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1929
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Skeuomorph, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 225 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1929.83.12
Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory
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