Spoon

African

  • Titles Spoon (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 3 3/4 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. (9.5 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.158
  • Work Type spoon
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Cast bronze band bracelet with knob ends, with engraved and punched repeating patterns
Staff with snake-head finial
Reddish, ovoid vessel with wide mouth and handles just below rim has parallel raised ridges on shoulder.
Face mask with rabbit features. Narrow vertical oval ears painted red with white interiors; protruding conical black eyes surrounded by concentric black rings with white pigment in-between; protruding open triangular mouth/snout, painted black, adorned with small incised triangles painted white and red. Oval perimeter of back of mask pierced with multiple holes to enable attachment of mask to dancer's head as well as attachment of fiber costume. This type of mask is worn by men during funeral or initiation ceremonies. Animal masks commemorate encounters that people have had with ancestors who appeared in the form of an animal.