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>>1871 Ifugao kadangyan
>>>spoon
Subjectkadangyan war leader
Culture: Ifugao Igorot
Setting: tribal warfare, Luzon highlands late 19th-20thc
Object: spoon 








* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  
wood  
Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
Ifugao men typically carry personal spoons like this one.  On raids, neighboring groups take the spoons of the fallen Ifugao men as trophies and make them into ornaments." ...  



* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  wood  
Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao"


* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  wood  Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
Handle depicting a family." ...



* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  wood  Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
This spoon depicts a couple engaged in sexual intercourse.  The stylized architectural element above their heads is believed to represent the ornamental top of a house corner post." ...

"Spoon  wood  Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
Hunter's spoon depicting a couple engaged in sexual intercourse." ...




* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  
wood  
Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
Household spoons are used to serve food and are carved in the same style as the personal spoons." ...


* Peabody Museum of Natural History > Pacific Islands Hall
"Spoon  wood  Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao
Among the Ifugao, in order to become a member of the upper class, a man must host a series of ceremonial gatherings.  Large hardwood resting benches, hagabi, were constructed when a family attained high status.  This spoon handle depicts a hagabi." ...





* Museo Nacional de Antropología > Filipinas
"Cucharas de madera.  Ifugao.  Cordillera de Luzón.  Siglo XIX.
Cuando no se utilizaban, se guardaban en el hogar en cestas especialies, después de limpiarías cuidadosamente al acabar cada comida.  En sus mangos está presente toda la vida de este grupo y gran variedad de temas: los antepasados, la maternidad, la muerte, el placer del acto sexual, los trabajos domésticos, la flora, la fauna...."

"Cucharas de hasta de carabao.  Ifugao.  Cordillera de Luzón.  Siglo XIX."

"Tenedor.  Ifugao.  Cordillera de Luzón.  Siglo XIX.
Los tenedores aparecen en la última mitad del siglo XIX, son de influencia española, y no se han utilizado tradicionalmente."




* Tropenmuseum > Zuidoost-Asië
"Schep met zielenfiguren
Ceremoniële opscheplepel voor bouillon.  De twee figuren stelden waarschijnlijk geesten of zielen van doden voor.
Hout.  
Ifugao (volk), Luzon, Filippijnen." ...


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