Fertility Spoon Item Number: 2790/26 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large carved yellow wood spoon with a handle split into two branches that cross just above spoon and near top end, leaving an oval space between. The ends of the wood at the bottom crossing are blackened.
History Of Use
Spoon (gâtchi) used during traditional ceremonies to prepare and serve soup. Only men are able to handle the spoon because of the wood the spoon is carved from. The lunar half-crescents represent a link between the living and the dead, showing that the spoon can purify concoctions prepared in an earthenware pot.
Item History
- Made in Africa
- Owned by Lawrence Feuchtwanger before March 3, 2010
- Received from Lawrence Feuchtwanger (Donor) on March 3, 2010
What
Who
- Culture
- African
- Previous Owner
- Lawrence Feuchtwanger
- Received from
- Lawrence Feuchtwanger (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Africa
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 3, 2010
- Acquisition Date
- on March 3, 2010
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2790/0026