Spoons & Vessels

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This series is listed in the Black Book. The spoons and vessels were displayed in Case 2 and Case 73 at Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums. Included under this heading in the black book are some house models which were displayed in Cases 70 and 81, as well as a model reindeer. It is not known why these were not separately listed.

Black book number	PRM Accession number	Black book entry
Black 1776	1884.7.27	Case 73 1776 Gourd bottle ornamented with triangles representing the strings by which it is carried Sandwich Is (3095)
Black 1777	1884.140.984 [previously assigned the number 2003.145.1]	Case 73 1777 Two skulls used as drinking vessels S Australia (Orn [illegible word]? 28 XII 83) (3072 3071)
Black 1778	Not matched	Case 73 1778 Skull used as a drinking vessel Locality not known (3161)
Black 1779	1884.5.6	Case 2 1779 and 1780 Two shell spoons p133
Black 1780	1884.5.7	Case 2 1779 and 1780 Two shell spoons p133
Black 1781	1884.7.7	Case 73 1781 Horn drinking vessel British Guiana (3059)
Black 1782	1884.7.71	Case 73 1782 Wooden dish Australia (3081)
Black 1783	1884.7.4	Case 73 1783 Wooden vessel West Australia (3065) [could be 3063]
Black 1784	1884.7.8	Case 73 1784 Painted horn S America (3096)
Black 1785	1884.7.29	Case 73 1785 Small gourd vessel Locality not known (3135)
Black 1786	1884.7.25	Case 73 1786 Gourd bottle Marquesas or Sandwich Isles Loyalty Is (3087)
Black 1787	Not matched	R 25.12.83 1787 Gourd bottle Marquesas or Sandwich Is (3084)
Black 1788	1884.62.38 .1 - 2	Case 73 1788 Gourd vessel with cover ornamented with incised lines and heads 3085
Black 1789	1884.6.21	Case 73 1789 Large wooden kava bowl Fiji Is (3092) Added Black book entry - "Kava or kawa or Ava - Name of a plant (Macropiper merthystiam) Has narcotic stimulant properties. Chewed by the Polynesians same as betel See Voyage of Navara To prepare it the root is chewed and when changed into little cones held together by saliva they are mingled with water in a wooden vessel and gently squeezed by the hand"
Black 1790	1884.6.5	Case 73 1790 Cup for kava Sandwich Is (3137)
Black 1791	1884.6.10	Case 73 1791 Wooden dish Fiji Ids (3086)
Black 1792	1884.6.12	Case 73 1792 Wooden bowl Fiji Ids (3080)
Black 1793	1884.6.6	Case 73 1793 Wooden bowl locality not known (3068)
Black 1794-1797	1884.6.14-17	Case 73 (for 3) 1794 - 1797 Bowls inlaid with mother o pearl boat shaped Sandwich Solomon Is (3066 3067 3091)
Black 1798	Not matched	Case 73 1798 Wooden cup double locality not known (3160)
Black 1799	Not matched	Case 73 1799 Flask skin Africa (3142)
Black 1800	1884.7.15	Case 73 1800 Bottle [sic] wood Kaffir [sic] S Africa (3094)
Black 1801	1884.62.30 .1-2	Case 73 1801 Box wood New Zealand (broken) 3168
Black 1802	1884.54.58	Case 73 1802 Wooden ladle New Zealand (3132)
Black 1803	1884.117.29	Case 75 1803 Part of stone vessel Madagascar 3139
Black 1804	1884.102.2	Case 73 1804 Gourd Africa (3061)
Black 1805	Not matched	R[eturned] '83 Large spoon used in watering the fields, Kaffir
Black 1806-1807	1884.5.14-15	Case 2 1806 and 1807 Horn spoons Bocotudo Indians S America obtained by Capt Burton p 133 Added Black book entry - sic ?Botocudo
Black 1808	1884.5.16	Case 2 1808-1809 White horn spoons Vancouver's Is p133
Black 1809	Not matched	Case 2 1808-1809 White horn spoons Vancouver's Is p133
Black 1810	1884.5.18	Case 2 1810-1812 Black horn spoons Vancouver's Is p133
Black 1811	1884.5.21	Case 2 1810-1812 Black horn spoons Vancouver's Is p133
Black 1812	1884.5.22	Case 2 1810-1812 Black horn spoons Vancouver's Is p133
Black 1813	1884.5.76	Case 2 1813 Wooden spoon Vancouvers Is p133
Black 1814	1884.5.72	Case 2 1822 Carved spoon large locality not known p133
Black 1815	1884.5.23	Case 2 1815 Horn spoon Madagascar p133
Black 1816	1884.5.33	Case 2 1816 Horn spoon Cordova Spain p133
Black 1817	1884.5.51	Case 2 1817 Wooden spoon Kaffir p133
Black 1818	1884.5.54	Case 2 1818 and 1819 Wooden spoons Kaffir p133
Black 1819	1884.5.52	Case 2 1818 and 1819 Wooden spoons Kaffir p133
Black 1820	Not matched	1820 Case 2 Wooden spoon locality not known p133
Black 1821	Not matched	1821 Case 2 Carved spoon locality not known p133
Black 1822	1884.5.64	Case 2 1822 Carved spoon large locality not known p133
Black 1823	1884.5.34	Case 2 1823 Earthenware rice spoon same form as bone p 133
Black 1824	1884.102.12 .1-2	Case 2 1824 Kaffir snuff bottle and iron spoon p133
Black 1825	Not matched	1825 Case 2 Gourd spoon Locality not known p133
Black 1826	1884.5.40	Case 2 1826 Plated spoon English 16th century p133
Black 1827	1884.5.41	Case 2 1827 Ancient Roman spoon bronze p133
Black 1828	1884.5.45	Case 2 1828 Pewter spoon found in London p133
Black 1829	1884.5.47	Case 2 1829 and 1830 Two spoons lead found in excavations in Cork p 133
Black 1830	1884.5.48	Case 2 1829 and 1830 Two spoons lead found in excavations in Cork p 133
Black 1831	1884.5.8	Case 2 1831 Spoon mother o pearl handle silver in form of a cross modern p 133
Black 1832	Not matched	Case 2 1832 Spoon carved mother o pearl modern Jerusalem p133
Black 1833	1884.7.55 .1-2	Case 73 1833 Bowl carved with cover ornamented with geometrical patterns Egga Niger Africa (3070)
Black 1834	1884.7.3	Case 73 1834 Gourd [sic] bowl Russian (cracked) (3060)
Black 1835	Not matched	R[eturned]. Aug. '83 Ancient Irish measure, wood, with four handles (3145)
Black 1836	1884.7.65	Case 73 1836 Cocoanut [sic] gourd bottle carved (3062)
Black 1837	Not matched	R[eturned]. Aug. '83 Wassail bowl, Early English, Suffolk (3069)
Black 1838	1884.7.13	Case 73 1838 Drinking horn old English (3136)
Black 1839	Not matched	1839 Kerry mug, wood used in that Co of Ireland at the present time (3082)
Black 1839 A	1884.7.2	Case 73 1839a Bowl used in Ireland at the present time wood (3058)
Black 1840	1884.5.75	Case 2 1840 Wooden Fiji Cannibal fork p 133
Black 1841	1884.140.878	Case 2 1841 and 1842 Wooden knife used for bread fruit pudding Banks Id (3710)
Black 1842	1884.140.879	Case 2 1841 and 1842 Wooden knife used for bread fruit pudding Banks Id (3710)
Black 1843	1884.110.2	Case 2 1843 Wooden knife Australia 3710
Black 1843a	1884.140.593	Spoons & Vessels used for drinking. Substitutes for Pottery. [p. 80] [insert] C[ase] 2 [end insert]. 1843a. Leaf-shaped implement of hard wood, described as a woman's knife, Dor tribe, Central Africa, Obt[aine]d by Petherick. Blade serrated (3710).
Black 1844	1884.1.3	Case 73 1844 Laplander's tent (model) 2933
Black 1845	1884.1.5	Case 66 1845 Model of reindeer with sledge and utensils Horn of deer broken Lapland 2677 and 2693
Black 1846	1884.1.2	Case 81 1846 and 1847 Malay houses on piles (2930 and 2931)
Black 1847	1884.1.1	Case 81 1846 and 1847 Malay houses on piles (2930 and 2931)
Black 1848	1884.1.4	Case 70 1848 Log house ?Norwegian 2932
Black book page 77a	1884.5.58,-61, 63, 68, 70, 1884.61.24	Either Ag 14.12.75 Plain wooden ladle or Ornamented wooden ladle African or Wooden ladle African or Ornamented ladle African or 3 ornamented wooden spoons African or 1 ornamented wooden spoon coloured red African [8 unmatched and 8 listed]
Black book page 77a [Ag 7456]	1884.7.12	Ag 7456 Kaffir wooden milk pail (3428)
Black book page 77a [Ag 7456] ?	1884.7.74	Ag 7456 Turkish leather water bottle (3545)
Black book page 77a [Ag 7985]	1884.7.45, 48	Ag 7985 Twenty two cocoanut [sic] shells from Fiji ticketted Hanomai [sic] and Galimai (3542)
Black book page 79a [Ag 2671]	1884.5.57	Ag 2671 8.10.75 Large handsomely carved wooden spoon
Black book page 79a [Ag 2671]	1884.5.62	Ag 2671 8.10.75 Smaller spoon black ornament
Black book page 79a [Ag 2671] ?	1884.5.39	Ag 2671 8.10.75 Brass metal spoon
Black book page 79a [Ag 4062] ?	1884.5.26-32, 1884.7.76-82	Ag 4062 7.3.86 [sic] Two spoons one unformed spoon three dishes and one unformed dish Pelew Is Pacific (3053)
Black book page 77a [Ag 7985]	Not matched	Ag 7985 [19 or 20 of] Twenty two cocoanut [sic] shells from Fiji, ticketted Hanimai and Galimai (3542)
Black book page 78a [1]	Not matched	695/ 12394 Part of Kaffir [sic] snuff spoon, broken 695/ 12394 [sic]
Black book page 79a [Ag 2671][2]	Not matched	Ag 2671 8.10.75 Niger metal spoon
Black book page 77a	Not matched	page 77a Ag 4.10.73 Carved wooden spoon

AP, March 2011

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