Wooden spoon with oval bowl, tip of handle and rim of bowl burnt. Also two burnt triangles on outside of bowl. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spoon with oval bowl, tip of handle and rim of bowl burnt. Also two burnt triangles on outside of bowl. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2006]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Cultural groups: Nkole
Person: Field collector John Roscoe; Field collector Mackie Ethnological Expedition; PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1920
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Burnt
Dimensions: Length: max 205 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.101.29
Research and responses: Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8

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