DepartmentMiddle East

Ottoman Turkish Sherbet Spoon

NameSpoon

Artist Artist unrecorded

CultureTurkish

Datemid-19th Century

Place madeISTANBUL, ISTANBUL, Turkey, Middle East, Asia

Mediumcoconut shell, brass, ebony, coral, and mother of pearl

Dimensions10 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (25.4001 × 6.35 × 3.175 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase made with funds from the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, A.1990.49.2

Object numberA.1990.49.2

ProvenanceMNMF Grant to Karen Duffy for field purchses to be made during her trip to Turkey, 5/30/1990-6/26/1990, as part of the research team collecting final material and information for the 1991 NEH-funded exhibition, "Turkish Traditional Art Today. Payment was issued 4/27/1990 from MNMF account, 107-205-20, the Folk Art Acquisition Fund, in an amount ($2500) donated by Linda and Stanlet Marcus for collections acquistions at MOIFA. (Copied from hard file)

DescriptionCarved coconut shell bowl, rivited to handle of ebony & inlaid mother-of-pearl. Natural forked branch of coral inset into handle end.