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1938.36.129

Coconut-shell spoon with an anthropomorphic handle, carved, incised and inlaid with white pigment (lime?). [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/3/2006]

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1938.36.129

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coconut-shell spoon with an anthropomorphic handle, carved, incised and inlaid with white pigment (lime?). [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/3/2006]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Coconut Husk Plant, Material Pigment, Material Lime, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Inlaid
Dimensions
Width: max 73 mm, Length: max 135 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.129 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 129

Search terms: Food and Drink, Figure, Spoon, Food Accessory