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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1945.157.39 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name spoon Description Spoon made from carved and polished coconut shell with a hold drilled at the top of the handle, which is lined either side by ten semi-circles with holes drilled through. Concentric circles with lime infill decorate the outer surface of the handle tip. A pied of European twine is passed through the hole at the top. Stuck on label: 'Consett'. Mrs Alice Moore collection. Written in white ink: '1966.1.826 New Guinea'. Production place Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Production period 19th Century, late, 20th Century, early Material Coconut shell, lime Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1945.157.39
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

spoon
Description

Spoon made from carved and polished coconut shell with a hold drilled at the top of the handle, which is lined either side by ten semi-circles with holes drilled through. Concentric circles with lime infill decorate the outer surface of the handle tip. A pied of European twine is passed through the hole at the top. Stuck on label: 'Consett'. Mrs Alice Moore collection. Written in white ink: '1966.1.826 New Guinea'.
Production place

Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Production period

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early
Material

Coconut shell, lime

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