Dipper with wood handle

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 double spouted dipper with a metal bowl and a wooden handle. The bowl is globe-shaped with double narrow spouts. There is a small shallow dent at the bottom of the bowl. The wood handle is attached to the bowl via a metal plate with metal rivets. The handle's end has a small hole drilled through it. There is a fragment of canvas strap threaded through the hole. An Old Slave Mart label reads "R216."

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