Product Description

Antique Sumatran Rice Ladle

Material: Coconut shell, bamboo, lacquer
Style: Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Size: Length 33.5 cm, Width 7 cm
Order Number: MHSR9

Ceremonial rice spoons are used to ladle cooked rice from the rice basket on the table to the plate at formal festivities, funerals and weddings and to honour guests. Chinese influence at the Palembang court in South Sumatra accounts for its long tradition of lacquer.  Old ones like these are difficult to find.

About 50-60 years old.

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