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Object Number 08-36-70/4939
Display Title Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, head
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, head dress in shape of cock's comb (?) L: 16 cm.
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, human effigy handle, hands on knees, wearing headdress
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 16.3 x 5.5 x 7 cm (6 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-36-70/4939

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