Scoop Item Number: C465 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A tall scoop with a long staff handle and a bowl roughly carved to shape and lashed with hemp twine.
History Of Use
For salt (collector's catalogue)
Item History
- Made in Vanua Levu, Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Scoop
- Identification Number
- C465
- Type of Item
- scoop
- Material
- wood and hemp fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and tied
- Overall
- height 127.0 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 9.9 cm
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vanua Levu, Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0833