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Ladle

early 20th century

Wood

28 × 8.5 × 6 cm (11 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.683
Geography: 
Made in Luzon, Philippines
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Ifugao
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Tools and Equipment
Provenance: 

Ex-collection: J. Greene, San Francisco

Bibliography: 

Joel Greene, “Philippine Tribal Art: Figurative Spoons and Ladles,” Tribal Art 6 (1995): fig. 24.

Signe Mayfield, From the Philippines: Northern Tribal Art (Palo Alto, Calif.: Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1998), 10.

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