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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