Spoon
Object Number: | 32-10-16 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Barotse |
Provenience: | Zambia |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1932 |
Description
Outside of bowl and portion of stem just above blackened (charred). Top of stem carved into male human figure wearing European jacket and trousers; this figure is also blsckened, except where natural colour of wood is left to enhance details. On top of head, nail-like ornament perhaps representing coiffure.
Bibliography:
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Curnow, Kathy. 2014. At Home In Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings.. Cleveland. The Galleries at Cleveland State University. pg. 286 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 52/Fig. 3-24 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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