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Kalukili (Ceremonial Spoon)

Kalukili (Ceremonial Spoon)

Public Domain

Artist
CultureLega peoples
Titles
  • Kalukili (Ceremonial Spoon)
Dateearly 20th century
PlaceBelgian Congo
MediumBone
Dimensions9 1/8 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in. (23.2 × 5.3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2023.97
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, 1998, given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, permanent galleries, January, 2004–November, 2021.

Published References N/A Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
[none]
Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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Wood
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Cup
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Jade
96.1645.A,.B
front of object
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1200–1500 AD
Bone
2001.1140
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Unknown Central and South American
Spoon with a Kneeling Figure
900–200 BC
Bone
2010.1086
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Unknown Central and South American
Spoon Surmounted by a Figure of a Bird
900 BC–1600 AD
Bone
2010.1117
front of object
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1200–1530 AD
Bone
2001.1143
Gold dust pan
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Gold dust pan
1900–1977
Brass
77.248
Awl
Unknown Central and South American
Awl
650–900 AD
Bone
2002.4448
Pin or Tupu with Bird
Unknown Central and South American
Pin or Tupu with Bird
1200–1532 AD
Bone
2001.1373
Unknown