Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-1733 | |
Category | Carvings; Culinary Items | |
Object Name | Marrow spoon | |
Culture | unknown | |
Global Region | Europe | |
Country | unknown | |
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Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | 1844 | |
Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
Materials | Bone: deer ulna | |
Description | Spoon used for removing marrow from cooked bones, fashioned from a deer ulna from which one end has been removed, along with a longitudinal segment of the shaft; Shaft has then been hollowed out and all cut edges ground smooth; Remaining unmodified section of the shaft has been carved with series of parallel encircling lines and cross-hachure lines and the date (?) of 1844. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 1.7, Width = 2.4, Length = 11.9 |