Possible New Guinea Bowl/Cup For ID

Sajen · 25th February 2015, 06:14 PM

Hello Robert,

I've handled already quite some of this spoons since a friend of mine has a shop for ethnograhic items from New Guinea and others. This spoons you can find in other forms also in parts of Indonesia and I've had some from Alor in the past. You're correct, this spoons are used for drink but also for eating.
See here: http://www.tribalmania.com/COCSPOONS.htm The spoons in this link are all sold but when this link is against the rules please remove it. Here you can see many more examples: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...ea&FORM=IGRE#a
Difficult to say how old yours may be, when they have been in daily use they will look very soon old. So far I know they are still in use and tribal dealers have bought and still buy them en masse, good business!

Regards,
Detlef

Robert · 25th February 2015, 10:27 PM

Hello Detlef, and again thank you for the photos and information on these spoons. I will put it where it will be quite at home with the other few PNG items I have in my collection. After looking around on different sites I now see that these are readily available and range in price from quite reasonable to ridiculous. As with many other items I have acquired, the only information I received on this was that it was purchased from the estate sale of an older couple that liked to travel.

25th February 2015, 06:14 PM	#1
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,278	Hello Robert, I've handled already quite some of this spoons since a friend of mine has a shop for ethnograhic items from New Guinea and others. This spoons you can find in other forms also in parts of Indonesia and I've had some from Alor in the past. You're correct, this spoons are used for drink but also for eating. See here: http://www.tribalmania.com/COCSPOONS.htm The spoons in this link are all sold but when this link is against the rules please remove it. Here you can see many more examples: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...ea&FORM=IGRE#a Difficult to say how old yours may be, when they have been in daily use they will look very soon old. So far I know they are still in use and tribal dealers have bought and still buy them en masse, good business! Regards, Detlef Attached Images Last edited by Sajen; 25th February 2015 at 06:25 PM.

25th February 2015, 10:27 PM	#2
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Hello Detlef, and again thank you for the photos and information on these spoons. I will put it where it will be quite at home with the other few PNG items I have in my collection. After looking around on different sites I now see that these are readily available and range in price from quite reasonable to ridiculous. As with many other items I have acquired, the only information I received on this was that it was purchased from the estate sale of an older couple that liked to travel.