Carved Wooden Spoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1911
name: label: Collector
content: Guy N. Collins
label: Donor Name
content: Perez H. Collins
notes: label: Notes
content: Spoon made from single piece of medium brown wood. Decoration on handle is curvy ladder shape with 3 "rungs", top is small "T" shape. In article by collector, this spoon is pictured, with explanation that it was used in eating the Liberian dish of dumboy. (ref. "Dumboy, the National Dish of Liberia" by Guy N. Collins. In National Geographic, Jan 11, 1911. vol. 12 p 84-88)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Liberian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 374065
label: USNM Number
content: E425090-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spoon
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 30 cm
label: Width
content: 5 cm