Carved wooden spoon containing a cavity with three balls, a courtship gift, known as a "känning"
Also known as: Skuren träsked innehållande en hålighet med tre kulor, en friargåva, så kallad "känning"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Carved wooden spoon containing a cavity with three balls, a courtship gift, known as a "känning" is held by Sörmland Museum (Sweden). Description supplied by the holding institution: Carved wooden spoon made of birch.
The handle has a rectangular cavity containing three wooden balls. The spoon may possibly have had a finial at the top, like a similar spoon, SLM 750. Both spoons come from the Odelberg family at Berga-Tuna. A so-called "känning" [feeler]. An interested young man could test the waters—and the way the girl received, or did not receive, the gift said everything about the girl's feelings for him. The collection record gives material recorded as Trä [Wood]; measurements Längd 170 mm [Length 170 mm]; format: text/plain.
Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Trä
- Dimensions
- Längd 170 mm
Technical characteristics
- Format recorded
- text/plain
Identification
- Europeana id
- /916123/SLM_item_287954
- Museum object name
- Skuren träsked innehållande en hålighet med tre kulor, en friargåva, så kallad "känning"
- Holding institution
- Sörmland Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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