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MARKHAM VALLEY CANNIBAL SPOON
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Item Number: 08-1053
Markham Valley,
Huon Peninsula. About 100 years old, made from a coconut with carved
hand grips and fashioned entirely with stone and shell tools. From one
of the most interesting cultures in the modern era, the Cargo Cult made
famous by the 1962 movie Mondo Cane. In the 1930s, Markham Valley
natives saw occasional airplanes, and heard of coastal contact with
whites and their wondrous things, like metal axes and knives. They
concluded that the whites were ancestors returning to help them. After
performing the proper rituals, they were ready to receive the gifts due
them. When none came, they concluded that the whites were keeping it
for themselves and the thing to do was lure an airplane in. They built
airplanes, radio shacks with log antennas and airfields out of straw,
coconuts and other jungle materials. They hacked runways out of the
jungle and paved them with palm leaves. Then they waited. You can
imagine the rest. If not, see the movie. Cannibalism was integral to
their culture and it has always been a point of conjecture, whether
these serving spoons were for human consumption. Items #1047-#1053 are
Markam Valley Cannibal serving spoons from the Gunter Hintz Collection.
All are pictured to scale and can be sized from #1049.
C.1900.
Finely
worked and finished with lovely patina throughout. Oval bowl with
tapered grip with expanded terminal pierced for a suspension cord. Best
quality for the type.
Layaway is available for this item.
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