Ladle
AF753
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF753 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bahuana |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Wooden ladel with long handle; handle is smooth and flat; middle of handle is a cut out diamond shaped carving (incised crosshatch); end of handle before bowl there is a faint carving of a human face; bowl of ladle is circular and bottom is rounded; the edge of the tip of the ladle is slanted. |
| Length | 26.5 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 924 - Other Number |
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