- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spoon with shallow scoop at one end and triangular shaped handle. Rim of scoop burnt brown for decoration. Handle and steam with triangular and linear burnt design on front side.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Evelyn Mary Foxley
- Field collector Dorothy Mary Meadows
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source Evelyn Mary Foxley
- PRM source Dorothy Mary Meadows
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1952
- Date collected
- Foxley 1933-38 Meadows 1944-52
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 09/1995
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Burnt, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 295 x 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1995.21.35
Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory
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