Ladle

AF753

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF753
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahuana
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Description

Wooden ladel with long handle; handle is smooth and flat; middle of handle is a cut out diamond shaped carving (incised crosshatch); end of handle before bowl there is a faint carving of a human face; bowl of ladle is circular and bottom is rounded; the edge of the tip of the ladle is slanted.

Length 26.5 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 924 - Other Number

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