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LadleK2.268

Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.265

Spoon made from one half of a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. Several lines are burnt into the handle edges, the tip of the handle is blackened, and the edges of the bowl are blackened with a series of lines at the front centre of the bowl edge. A symmetrical design consisting of two v shapes and two crescent shapes joined by a darkened area decorates the inner bowl and an x shape ornaments the bowl where it tapers to a handle. The inner handle is decorated with two lines tha run lengthwise.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleK2.269

Spoon carved from one piece of wood with a shallow bowl that has a pointed tip, a handle with a roughly circular tip, and designs in poker work featuring bands on the handle where it meets the bowl and a triangular shape at the bowl tip as well as two lines that border the bowl rim.

Culture
Hausa
Material
wood
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.267

Spoon made from half a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. The rim of the spoon is blackened from bowl to handle and two lines extend from the tip of the handle to the neck of the bowl with a zigzag line between them.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonK2.266

Spoon made from half a gourd with poker work designs applied to the inner surfaces. The rim of the spoon is blackened from bowl to handle and two lines extend from the tip of the handle to the neck of the bowl.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Giwa, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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