Wooden Spoon
Unidentified Zulu maker
collected before 1885
Wood
Overall: 1.72 ft. (52.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Reverend Josiah Tyler
13.25.845
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Africa
On view
Label
This ceremonial sculpted spoon might have been used at special occasions to stir and serve food, likely a range of meat and grains, from a clay pot.
From the 2023 exhibition Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, curated by Alexandra Thomas, Curatorial Research Associate
Exhibition History
Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, and Northeast Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 22, 2023–May 25, 2024.
Provenance
Collected by Reverend Josiah Tyler (1823-1895), D. D., Missionary to the American Board, Natal, South Africa; given to present collection, 1885.
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