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Spoon

Ladles with decorative handles were widely used on the Admiralty Islands. The fully sculpted, carved fish suggest that it was used during festivities.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Löffel
Dimensions
Höhe: 340.0 mm, Durchmesser: 115.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1945

Provenance and sources

when
January 1929
who
Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors

where
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Manus (location/origin)
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
who
Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors

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