Ladle

AF758

From: Zaire | Eastern Province | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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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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