Rice scoop figurine

Museum number:
18-1292
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4262
Description:
Rice scoop, brown-stained, carved scapula; profile anthropomorphic figurine with crown at socket end of scapula; both sides of face carved; body in frontal view. Household tool used to scoop rice. Length 31 cm.
Donor:
H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rice scoop figurine, accession number 18-1292, described as Rice scoop, brown-stained, carved scapula; profile anthropomorphic figurine with crown at socket end of scapula; both sides of face carved; body in frontal view. Household tool used to scoop rice. Length 31 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rice scoop figurine, accession number 18-1292, described as Rice scoop, brown-stained, carved scapula; profile anthropomorphic figurine with crown at socket end of scapula; both sides of face carved; body in frontal view. Household tool used to scoop rice. Length 31 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rice scoop figurine, accession number 18-1292, described as Rice scoop, brown-stained, carved scapula; profile anthropomorphic figurine with crown at socket end of scapula; both sides of face carved; body in frontal view. Household tool used to scoop rice. Length 31 cm.

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