Spoon

2003-72-120

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-120
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Calabash
Description

Calabash gourd spoon with a circular bowl and a short handle. The reverse of the bowl is intricately decorated with a central, six-pointed star made from a series of short arcs. Other designs include concentric circles around the bowl and intersecting arcs, both of which are densely packed with punctate marks.

Height 8 cm
Length 32 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.2065 - Other Number | 15084 - Other Number

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