Spoon / Pestle

CultureAsante or Kulongo peoples
Titles
  • Spoon / Pestle
Datec. 1900–1950
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensions11 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 5 1/16 in. (29.8 × 11 × 12.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2023.96
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, 2007, given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, July, 2010–November, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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Kalukili (Ceremonial Spoon)
early 20th century
Bone
2023.97
Five Spoons for Weighing Gold
1800–1900
Brass
97.1514.1-.5
Cup
no date
Jade
96.1645.A,.B
Spoon with Depictions of Fish
1100–1450 AD
Bone and paint
2010.1099
Gold dust pan
1900–1977
Brass
77.248
Lekhokhoma (Snuff Container)
19th century
Horn
2021.114
Thread Caddy
c. 1820–1870
Maple
B.2002.12.A,.B
Cup
19th century
Jade
96.1649
Box with Lid
20th century
Lacquer on papier mâché
96.1658.A,.B
Miniature Vessel
900–200 BC
Alabaster
2001.1313.A,.B
Pipe gold weight
1900–1977
Brass
77.123
Bowl
19th or 20th century
Coconut shell, metal
96.1661