This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Spoon

Wooden spoon (decorated, broken, glued). Handle wrapped with metal wire. The museum's index card states "Donated by the Ethnological Museum in Berlin in 1889", but the object is listed in the inventory NLA OL Rep. 751, Akz. 2010/054, no. 308, in 1890. Received from the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "Sendung aus dem Hinterlande von Togo, Hauptmann von François). In the corresponding catalogue, the provenance is given as "Banjane (Salaga)".

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
spoon
Dimensions
B: 6,2 cm; L: 15,9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_1465
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1890
  • Change of physical control:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, West Africa, Togo
    who
    Hauptmann von François - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1890
    where
    State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
    who
    Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5