1998.10.18

Collection type

Object

Description

Ladle made from a gourd split down the middle, with incised and coloured (?burnt) designs. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/3/2006]

Long description

The ladle is decorated on the bowl and handle on both the back and front. On the back, the design consists of a v-shape incised on the handle, narrowing to a point at the tip, which is intersected by three curved lines and a zig-zag pattern at the end. The design on the bowl consists of a central square, with incised zig-zags and cross-hatching, with rough rectangles incised opposite each side, which also contain zig-zags. The designs on the front consist of a wavy line up the handle, with incised parallel lines at the side and a section of incised parallel lines at the tip. The circumference of the bowl is covered in dark brown pigment, and inside is a design of ellipses, spirals and curved lines. All the designs are coloured in using some form of brown pigment. [CW 14 9 98]

Geographical reference

Micronesia, Federated States of

Oceania > Micronesia > Micronesia, Federated States of

Pohnpei

Person

Field collector Henry Goronwy Alun Hughes

PRM source Henry Goronwy Alun Hughes

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1951

Date collected

1950-51

Acquisition information

Donated: 20/02/1998

Materials and processes

Material Gourd Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Painted, Process Burnt

Dimensions

Width: max 89 mm, Length: max 252 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1998.10.18

Research and responses

Dr Hughes (Jesus College, Oxford, 1939) has written on Micronesia, and several of his books can be found in the Bodleian Library and in Rhodes House.

Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory