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1920.27.23

Wooden spoon with a flared stirring end, with geometric lozenge patterns engraved and burnt into it. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/2/2006]

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1920.27.23

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden spoon with a flared stirring end, with geometric lozenge patterns engraved and burnt into it. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/2/2006]
Geographical reference
Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia
North East Zambia Lake Bangweulu
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1920
Date collected
By 1919
Acquisition information
Donated: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Incised, Process Burnt, Process Carved, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions
Length: max 488 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.27.23
Research and responses

Bangweulu (Bantu: "Large Water"), shallow lake with extensive swamps in northeastern Zambia. It is part of the Congo River system. [Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 28/2/2000]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Spoon, Food Accessory, Stirrer, Spatula