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Spoon

Ladles were manufactured and used throughout the Admiralty Islands. Their primary function was as an implement with which to serve food. If guests were entertained at festivities, they might be given the ladle as a gift. The shapes of the carved handles vary extensively. Unfortunately, little is known about the significance of the patterns and figurative representations. An unusual feature of this particular ladle is the fine adornment of the coconut half depicting vegetable motifs: two coconut palms and individual leaves. The entire ladle has been dyed with a pitchblack pigment.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Löffel
Dimensions
Height: 265.0 mm
Diameter: 120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Coconut
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1959 b

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    March 1920
    who
    Frau Konteradmiral Maria Katharina Schönfelder - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    Manus (location/origin)
    who
    Konteradmiral Victor Schönfelder (10.03.1856 - 23.12.1931) - Collectors
    Konteradmiral Victor Schönfelder (10.03.1856 - 23.12.1931) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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