Spoon carved from an iridescent shell. Unknown origin but similar shape and material to examples from Santa Cruz in the Solomon Islands.
spoons
shell (plant material)
Spoon
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD055
Unknown
Pacific Island Group
5 x 2 3/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1439
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