Cocoanut Ladles (3)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jan 1896
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "175,550A. LADLE OF COCOANUT SHELL, CUCHARA DE COCO.-BOWL, A SECTION OUT OF THE COCOANUT. HANDLE OF WOOD INGENIOUSLY LASHED TO THE BOWL THROUGH TWO PERFORATIONS IN THE SHELL IDENTICAL WITH THE PHILIPPINE SPOON. FOR DOMESTIC USE. LENGTH, 17 1/2 INCHES. SANTA CRUZ, MEXICO. 175,550. COLLECTED BY EDWARD PALMER. LADLE OF COCOANUT SHELL, CUCHARA DE COCO.-BOWL OF COCOANUT SHELL LASHED TO A CURVED WOODEN HANDLE IN A WAY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE PHILIPPINES. FOR SERVING FOOD. LENGTH, 18 INCHES. SANTA CRUZ, MEXICO. 175,550 (B). COLLECTED BY EDWARD PALMER."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Santa Cruz, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Santa Cruz Indians
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 030206
label: USNM Number
content: E175550-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ladle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44.4 cm