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Spoon. Chinese

Title:

Spoon

Ethnic groups:

Chinese

Territory:

river Armu, Ussuri Krai, Primorsky Oblast

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Material:

Metal: iron

Dimensions:

diameter 11.0; length 35.0

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11135

Annotation:

Round shallow blade. The handle has a curve at the blade edge, the other end being shaped as a conical bush. Always offered in a pair with a kettle. If such a spoon was broken, a lighting fitting could be made from it.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Ложка. Китайцы