Unidad documental simple 1929.153.1-7 - Spoons

Accession numbers

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA using MAA materials, 2017: ID NO: 1929.153]

Attributions and conjectures

[Source - MAA, 2017:
Names: Spoon
Classified
Keyword: Narcotics and Intoxicants; Tools
Material: Bone
Description: Spoon - Snuff spoons of bone, probably Zulu. 7 spoons found, 2 with bowl missing. 2 have small lug/small spoon in handle - Rachel Hand 4/1/2002
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Dimensions: 1: 21.4 cm long, 2 cm wide, 0.6 cm high; 2: 9.7 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, 0.5 cm high; 3: 20.9 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, 0.6 cm high; 4: 16.9 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, 0.4 cm high; 5: 14 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, 0.5 cm high; 6: 15.8 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, 0.4 cm high; 7: 19.7 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, 0.6 cm high
Source: Baldry, H. (donor)
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Place: Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa; Natal

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Contexts: On display in the 'Origins of the Afro Comb: 6000 years of Culture, Politics and Identity' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum July 1-November 3 2013. The exhibition label states: "Bone and black pigment hair pin and snuff spoon Before 1912 From KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Zulu culture Made by a Zulu Artist Collected and Donated by Sir H. Bulwer. The combs and snuff-spoons that are part of the traditional cultures of South Africa, including but not exclusively Zulu, are worn as decorative elements in the hair, but also convey status and spirituality. Snuff was, at one time, a rare commodity and so owning it represented wealth; at the same time the effects of snuff linked the users to their ancestors."
Date: 9/12/2016 MAA]