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Kongo

Figurated Spoon Handle

1900-1999

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Kongo

Figurated Spoon Handle

1900-1999

Physical Qualities Wood, 4 x 2 x 1 1/4 in. (10.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm.)
Credit Line David and Gayle Ackley, Baltimore
Object Number 2016.238
Spoon handle in the form of a male figure; affixed to donor base
Promised gift, David and Gayle Ackley, Baltimore, by purchase, early 2000s; Abdonlaye Samo, NY, by purchase, 1970s; Mohamed Conte (brother of Alfa Conte, president of Guinea)

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