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Object Number
08-36-70/4888
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. L: 17 cm.
Inventory Description
Spoon, carved wood, handle of standing human, double round crest on head
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
/
Luzon
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 17.2 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm (6 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
08-36-70/4888
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