Shepherd's spoon
Also known as: Lingură păcurărească
Record status
Individual type · partial
Shepherd's spoon is held by "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum. Museum description: The piece consists of a triangular bowl with rounded corners and a handle equipped at the end with a circular hanging hole.
The decoration is arranged on the front of the handle, and on the back are inscribed the names of the maker and the owner - MOIS ION. RWS GEORGE - and the date of execution - ANU 1941 4 AUGOST. Geometric decorative motifs: X's, rhombuses with an inscribed cross, and semicircles/crescents. Colour scheme: black, smoked wood.; use: for skimming cream from milk, at the sheepfold; inscription [Romanian]: MOIS ION. RWS GEORGE ANU 1941 4 AUGOST The museum record gives measurements length: 28 cm; width: 7.1 cm (bowl), 3 cm (handle).
These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- lungime: 28 cm; lățime: 7,1 cm (găvan), 3cm (coada)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_e43b3675e3c14a9fb1890b3c37f41a40
- Museum object name
- Lingură păcurărească
- Holding institution
- "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
Catalogue references
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Research required
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