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Artifact

Wooden Spoon

Description

  • Wooden carved spoon
  • Spoon handle is decorated with incised diagonal hatching. 
  • Handle of spoon is rounded with a stem and a hole in the centre. 

Background Information

  • Purchased as a memento in Africa by Charles Wallen.
  • Carved by the Boni, or Aweer, tribe of Somaliland. 

Map Location

Latitude: 9° 28' 13.811" N
Longitude: 46° 46' 42.283" E

Date

Prior to 1921

Dimensions

inches
Length:
2.0
Width:
1.3
Height:
10.4

Events, Places, People

  • Charles Wallen
  • Somaliland

Originating Location

Africa›Somaliland

Subject

  • The front of a wooden carved spoon decorated with diagonal hatching on the handle. There is a triangular hole in the middle of the handle and a stem at the top.
  • The smooth backside of a carved wooden spoon. The spoon comes to a point at the tip and there is a triangular hole in the handle. The handle also has a stem at the top.
  • A close-up view of a carved wooden spoon handle which has a stem and a hole in the centre. It is decorated with diagonal hatching.
  • A carved wooden spoon seen from the side. It is slightly curved and there is diagonal hatching on the handle. A stem comes off of the top of the handle.

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