Spoon
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
305 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Kakamenga
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304000.2
Summary
One of two carved African wooden spoons. a - with terminal figure above two carved faces, b - with female figure. Both with painted eyes and white and red beaded necklaces. collected Kaka Mega, Kenya 1933. Lord Egerton number 291G. Associated label.Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton, Kakamenga, Kenya, 1934
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. No 291 G. 2 carved wooden spoons. 12" and 14" long. from Kaka Mega (made by Wakamba) (Philip Sheppard) August 1933.