Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair

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Object Number 08-36-70/4853

Display Title Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair worn in a double-knotted cone; ears pierced but no earings. L: 17 cm.

Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, human figure handle, perforated ears, hands on knees

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Ifugao

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Philippines / Luzon

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 16.8 x 4.8 x 5 cm (6 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 08-36-70/4853

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
08-36-70/4832	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4820	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4921	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/5065	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/5024	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4936	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4920	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4943	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4934	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4946	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4843	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon
08-36-70/4931	Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, hair	Spoon	Luzon

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