Wooden spoon with rectangular handle top. This spoon is of a light coloured wood with a flat bowl which attaches to the handle at almost ninety degrees. The exterior and interior of the rectangular loop at the end of the handle have been burnt to create a darker colour, as has the rim of the bowl. The exterior of the bowl and some of the lower part of the handle is decorated with burnt dots and a hatchet shape. [MOBB [OPS move] 19/5/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spoon with rectangular handle top. This spoon is of a light coloured wood with a flat bowl which attaches to the handle at almost ninety degrees. The exterior and interior of the rectangular loop at the end of the handle have been burnt to create a darker colour, as has the rim of the bowl. The exterior of the bowl and some of the lower part of the handle is decorated with burnt dots and a hatchet shape. [MOBB [OPS move] 19/5/2016]
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 Decorated, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork, Process Burnt
Dimensions: Width: max 37 mm, Length: max 290 mm, Length 225 mm handle, Length 81 mm bowl
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.814 Other numbers: 1928.82.5