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- unknown Hausa-Fulani maker
- carved wooden spoon, 1980
- Where object was made: Nigeria
- wood, carving, burning, incising
- Object Length/Width/Depth: 29 x 5 x 5 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth: 11 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in - Gift of Professor Beverly Mack
- Not on display
- C2011.086
- unknown Hausa-Fulani maker
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Description
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Spoon carved from wood and decorated with incised designs and burning. The edge of the spoon is darkened with burning. At the tip of the spoon there is a small triangle of incised, burned lines. Where the handle meets the bowl, there is a dark rectangle and a series of burned, incised lines above that. The end of the handle is carved into a circle and darkened with burning.