Lot 0037

Pair of horn spoons carved as ancestors

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Pair of horn spoons carved as ancestors cm 25, 22; (inches 10"; 8.3") weight: 180 g together A pair of traditional ceremonial Timorese spoons, carved from single water buffalo horns, with the handle carved as a sitting ancestor with headdress, symbol of high social status. Like most of my other items on offer, I have collected this skull during my trip to West Timor, in spring this year

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