Eating Spoon (Ifugao)
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Made from one piece, dyed black-brown, with a pointed oval spoon. Handle is designed as a crouching human figure; Arms crossed above the knees, facial features barely recognizable.
In the Bontok language, the spoon is called "pa-o" or "idoh".
See: Kohnen, Norbert, 1986, Igorot, Everyday Life and Traditional Healing Methods in Filipino Mountain Tribes, Triltsch Verlag Düsseldorf,
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