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Object Number 987-14-70/5587
Display Title Spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Spoon. Coconut shell with wood handle. Base of spoon has four pairs of perforations through which fiber cord is threaded to attach spoon to handle.
Inventory Description Spoon, coconut shell ladle tied to carved wood handle by plant fiber cord, broke
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 5 x 1.5 cm (9 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-14-70/5587
Provenance
Collector Thaddeus Anglemyer (1901 - 1908)
Collector Philinda Anglemyer (1901 - 1908)
Donor Katherine Anglemyer (1908 - 1987)
Donor Mary Anglemyer (1908 - 1986)

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