Spoon

MOA: University of British Columbia

3123/75

Metal spoon with a small, round, shallow bowl, and a wide handle, slightly convex, with zigzagging edges. Handle is decorated with engraved borders and small circles.

  • History Of Use

    Spoon for measuring powdered gold onto scales.


  • Type of Item spoon
  • Culture Akan
  • Material brass metal
  • Measurements height 0.5 cm, width 9.9 cm, depth 2.4 cm, weight 4.4 g (overall)

  • Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
  • Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

  • Made in Ghana

  • Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3123/0075