Ladle
AF758
From: Zaire | Eastern Province | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF758 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Basamba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Eastern Province | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden ladle with long handle; handle is flat with smooth surface; ornamented geometric carvings on lower half of handle there is a cut out diamond shaped with crosshatch pattern, also a grouping of 13 smaller diamonds; top end of handle is rounded; bowl of ladle is circular and has a rounded bottom. |
| Length | 38.2 cm |
| Width | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 929 - Field No SF |
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