Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1947.472 A-B: 'Two gourd ladles, with ornament of numerous incised concentric circles filled with white material. A: Large. Has been mended with brass rivets. B: Small. Swahili, Zanzibar.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
From Dr Louis Cobbett, an English pathologist and University Lecturer in Bacteriology, 1907-1929.

The 1946-7 Annual report notes 'Cobbett, the late Dr L.: Large collection of archaeological and ethnological objects, mostly from Oceania and Africa, but including pottery vessels from Peru and Mexico'.

The register notes 'Cobbett Coll.' for 1947.270-275; 1947.279-301; 1947.407-8 and 'Cobbett bequest' for 1947.432-7; 1947.463- 485; 1947.620-625; 1947.638.
However, 1947.5- 18 is recorded as 'd.d. [donated] Dr L. Cobbett' suggesting some of the collection may have been gifted before his death in March 1947.

Records have been annotated to follow the details given in the register but the exact timing and status of the donation and whether it was gifted or bequeathed is not fully clear.
Event Date 23/10/2020
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Ladle with a gourd bowl and wooden handle. The bowl is cylindrical in shape with a flat rim, and decorated with grooves and ring and dot design. The handle has a circular cross-section and tapers to a point. There is a perforation at the terminal with fibre threaded through.
Event Date 7/4/2022
Author: Sam Daisley