Ritual spoon
Also known as: Rituele lepel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
-0400 - -0200
Cup-shaped object with flat handle and on the front a standing bird, a spoon(?), of black earthenware. The 'cup' narrows at the bottom and then widens out again.
The bird's head protrudes above the rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-BR-FLA-1; its record gives material recorded as earthenware; measurements width 15.8 cm x height 6.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Measurements
- width 15.8 cm x height 6.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm
- Dimensions museum
- width 15.8 cm x height 6.8 cm x depth 5.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Rituele lepel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-BR-FLA-1
- Museum classification
- ritual object · spoon
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against silver and hallmark references.