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Object Number 08-36-70/4916
Display Title Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: female, hands resting on flexed kne
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: female, hands resting on flexed knees, hair worn in a double-knotted cone. L: 18.5 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: 18.4 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm (7 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-36-70/4916

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