DepartmentAsia
Ceremonial Spoon
NameSpoon
Artist
Artist not recorded
CultureAtoni
Dateca. late 19th-early 20th century
Place madeOecusse District, West Timor, Indonesia, ASIA
Mediumwaterbuffalo horn
DimensionsH: 15.25” W: 2.25” D: 3”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.7
Collections
Provenanceex. coll. Ralph T. Coe [came to Coe Center upon his passing in 2010].
Purchased from James Barker, Santa Fe, NM in March 2003
DescriptionAn Atoni ceremonial spoon carved from waterbuffalo horn. Spoon has large oblong bowl at bottom, then the handle is an ornately carved flat rectangular piece with a person at the top clenching their stomach.
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Jose Luis Martin Nieto
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