Ivory spoon

Ivory spoon
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Ivory spoon
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Ivory spoon
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Ivory spoon
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Ivory spoon
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Description:

Delicate spoon with circular bowl and fine handle. At the end of the handle is a hand with the thumb running along its length and the four fingers curled around the handle.
The surface of the bowl is scratched.


Source: 1880. Catalogue of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities at Alnwick Castle, London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, p. 198
Object details
Type of object: Spoon
Type category: Implements and utensils
Material: Ivory
Width: 29 mm
Height: 85 mm
Depth: 10 mm
Origin
Style/Period: Unknown/unspecified
Date range: -
Discovery site: Unknown/unspecified
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Role: -
Culture: Egyptian
Record data
Artworld id: 00015
Current accession number: -
Former accession number: N1469a
Credit line: -
Recorded by: LW
Record date: Mon, 5th Nov 2001
Copyright: Copyright© by the Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved