Spoon Item Number: K2.333 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Spoon carved from a halved gourd with poker-work leaf designs on the outer side of the spoon bowl and sets of two lines running across the handle.
History Of Use
Drinking water from the storage vessel, eating sweet soup at Ramadan, a Muslim festival.
Item History
- Made in Burkina Faso
- Collected by Deborah Taylor between 1971 and 1972
- Owned by Deborah Taylor before 1972
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Deborah Taylor (Seller) during 1972
What
- Name
- Spoon
- Identification Number
- K2.333
- Type of Item
- spoon
- Material
- gourd fruit
- Manufacturing Technique
- split and burned
- Overall
- height 5.5 cm, width 10.1 cm, depth 22.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hausa
- Field Collector
- Deborah Taylor
- Previous Owner
- Deborah Taylor
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Deborah Taylor (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Burkina Faso
When
- Collection Date
- between 1971 and 1972
- Ownership Date
- before 1972
- Acquisition Date
- during 1972
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0200/0041