Spoon, cassowary bone, carved/incised figure

Museum number:
11-37122
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1695
Description:
Spoon made from cassowary leg bone; in pidgin: Sipun Bolong Kaikai; incised at joint end of bone.
Donor:
Joseph H. Travers
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Joseph H. Travers
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spoon, cassowary bone, carved/incised figure, accession number 11-37122, described as Spoon made from cassowary leg bone; in pidgin: Sipun Bolong Kaikai; incised at joint end of bone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spoon, cassowary bone, carved/incised figure, accession number 11-37122, described as Spoon made from cassowary leg bone; in pidgin: Sipun Bolong Kaikai; incised at joint end of bone.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spoon, cassowary bone, carved/incised figure, accession number 11-37122, described as Spoon made from cassowary leg bone; in pidgin: Sipun Bolong Kaikai; incised at joint end of bone.

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