VINTAGE HAND CARVED ETHNIC TRIBAL BUFFALO HORN RICE SCOOP, LARGE SPOON USED DURING FESTIVITIES, RITES OF PASSAGE & SUCH, FEMALE ANCESTOR MOTIF, COLLECTED ON THE PREMISES LATE 20TH CENTURY, INDONESIA 250D

COLLECTIBLE HAND CRAFTED UTENSIL, ONE OF A KIND: ITEM 250D Genuine older hand carved Indonesian Water Buffalo Horn Serving tool with a Female Ancestor Carving on the handle to protect the owner from dark magic.  It comes with a custom stand. Total size with stand: 12" x 5", spoon alone 8" x 5". Such large instruments were used to serve food during ceremonies, weddings, temple celebrations. These spoons bear all the different tones and shadows a buffalo horn can have: the buffalo material has a beautiful transparency and veins of different browns (when you look at it in the sunlight) reminiscent of turtle shell (what combs used to be made of in the past).. This is a unique utensil, a decorative primitive tool representing a female protector. Very elegant hand-carved & hand etched rice serving tool, with exquisite carving detail, created from 1 whole water buffalo horn. It can be used everyday, as it is in its place of origin, or become a collector display in your home since flowing