Museum object · spoons
Wood spoon
1850-1950
United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This is a wood spoon. It has a shallow bowl and a long handle. There is a small carved indentation around the perimeter of the handle just below the tip.
- Catalog date
- 1850-1950
- Recorded places
- United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Cooking and dining; Domestic life; Labor; Slavery
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2017.108.20.14
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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