- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ladle with gourd bowl and broad wooden openwork handle, with a brass ring at the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/3/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1850
- Date collected
- By 1850
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 11/1978
- Materials and processes
- Material Gourd Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Brass Metal, Material Resin Plant, Process Carved, Process Openwork, Process Glued
- Dimensions
- Length: max 300 mm, Diameter: max 85 mm bowl
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1978.17.1
Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory
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