Fork - Male Figure
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Schadenberg believed that this was a copy of a European fork. Indeed, forks with figurated handles were carved from the late nineteenth century onwards, but they had not been used traditionally. Ellis remarked that figurated forks were actually never used; all seem to have been made for the tourist trade (1981: 219). (Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo 2009: 61) ( German original: "Von den Igorroten den europaischen Gabeln nachgeahmt" (inventory 1889, MVW archives).
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MVW 31953
Origin
Northern Luzon, Lepanto, Valle Sapao; lfugao
Materials
Wood
Physical Dimensions
H 15.5 cm
Provenance
Schadenberg; before 1889 Alexander Schadenberg (1851-1896) was a chemist and ethnographer, and a natural history enthusiast. Born in Breslau, Germany, he studied chemistry and botany. After receiving his Ph.D., he worked as the assistant director of the Potassic Salt Works in Stassfurt. In 1876, he went to worked as a chemist for the drug company Pablo Sartorius in Manila and in 1879, illness forced him to move back to Breslau. From 1881 to 1883, Schadenberg and his friend Otto Koch visited southern Mindanao to carry out ethnographic and linguistic studies, basing themselves in the Bagobo village of Sibulan. There, they also made ethnographic and natural history collections. Upon their return to Germany Schadenberg spent several years working on his collections, publishing, lecturing and corresponding with museums and anthropological societies throughout Europe. Schadenberg later returned to the Philippines and became a partner of Pablo Sartorius. He settled with his family in Vigan in 1885 and continued his excursions among the native people of the islands. After Schadenberg's death in 1896, his collections passed to several museums in Dresden, Vienna, Berlin, and Leiden.
Acquisition Date
before 1889
Display status
Not on Display
References
The Philippines: Museum of Ethnology, Vienna : Early Collections. Vienna: Museum für Volkerkünde, 2009. Print.
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Translated from German by Google Translate Record accessed March 2021
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“Fork - Male Figure,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed May 4, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/6056.
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