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Spoon with Buffalo Motif

Toraja people

Wood

19th century

Throughout Indonesia, images of abounds that are linked to the fertility of the land. The buffalo is directly connected with fecundity as it is used in wet rice cultivation. What better way to convey this symbolic association than to incorporate buffalo images into objects of daily use as seen in this spoon.

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