Wooden spoon with handle top carved to represent a tusked animal. The coat of the animal is decorated with oval shaped spots created by carving sections of the darkened wood to reveal the original wood below. The tusks have been darkened to delineate them. [MOBB [OPS move] 23/5/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spoon with handle top carved to represent a tusked animal. The coat of the animal is decorated with oval shaped spots created by carving sections of the darkened wood to reveal the original wood below. The tusks have been darkened to delineate them. [MOBB [OPS move] 23/5/2016]
Geographical reference: Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
Cultural groups: Lozi
Person: Field collector Francis William Panzera; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1928
Date collected: By 1928
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Decorated, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions: Width: max 53 mm, Length: max 300 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.813 Other numbers: 1928.82.5

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