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Object Number 08-36-70/5015
Display Title Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no h
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spoon, handle carved in human effigy: hands resting on flexed knees, no head-dress, pointed head. L: 16.5 cm.
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, human effigy handle, wearing headdress, hands on knees
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 16.1 x 5.9 x 6.1 cm (6 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-36-70/5015

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