Wooden Spoon
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Carved spoon made of wood. Register says: Handle in form of a human figure with hands on thighs.
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Date
1880s-1940s
Identifier
As1950,06.2
Origin
Found/Acquired: Philippines
Asia: Southeast Asia: Philippines
Asia: Southeast Asia: Philippines
Materials
Wood
Technique: Carving
Technique: Carving
Physical Dimensions
Height: 16.40 centimetres
Weight: 27 grammes
Width: 5.10 centimetres
Depth: 6.10 centimetres
Weight: 27 grammes
Width: 5.10 centimetres
Depth: 6.10 centimetres
Provenance
Purchased from: Mrs D K Oldman
Previous owner/ex-collection: William Ockelford Oldman
Life dates
1879-1949
Biography
Dealer and collector of ethnographic artefacts, born in Lincolnshire, known for his Polynesian collection, which was sold en bloc to New Zealand in his lifetime. The American and African parts of the collection came to the BM in 1949 with the aid of the NACF, which paid for the finest 30 pieces of the 3,000 in the group.
He sold a collection of Pacific Islands artefacts, including some acquired by Charles Woodford, to Harry Beasley in 1915, numbered 972 to 982 in Beasley catalogue. His archives are in Wellington, New Zealand
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG126855
Previous owner/ex-collection: William Ockelford Oldman
Life dates
1879-1949
Biography
Dealer and collector of ethnographic artefacts, born in Lincolnshire, known for his Polynesian collection, which was sold en bloc to New Zealand in his lifetime. The American and African parts of the collection came to the BM in 1949 with the aid of the NACF, which paid for the finest 30 pieces of the 3,000 in the group.
He sold a collection of Pacific Islands artefacts, including some acquired by Charles Woodford, to Harry Beasley in 1915, numbered 972 to 982 in Beasley catalogue. His archives are in Wellington, New Zealand
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG126855
Acquisition Date
1950
Display status
Not on display
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“Wooden Spoon,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed September 25, 2023, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/3971.
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