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Spoon

ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-utensils-spoons

Culturepossibly Ifugao

Datemid 20th Century

Made AtPhilippines, Asia

MediumWood

Dimensions9 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (22.9 × 4.8 × 4.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frieda O. Wray from the Estate of Dr. & Mrs. Douglas and Carolyn Osborne

Object number2021.12.6

DescriptionThis spoon was made and used by one of the various cultural groups residing in northern Luzon Island in the Philippines, possibly the Ifugao people. This group of peoples are sometimes referred to jointly as Igorot peoples or Cordilleran peoples. A simple carved design such as this one would have been used for practical purposes, whereas a more ornately carved spoon might be used for ceremonial purposes and sometimes passed down within families as an heirloom.

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