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Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"355-359. Spoons - "Sanru-kadoro".Various spoons of different sizes and shapes, about the size of a large soup spoon made from the shell of a coconut. The wooden handles are either simple or more or less richly carved. The spoon is fixed to the handle with rattan. These spoons are in large numbers in every house and are used as we would use kitchen spoons. They are not used to eat with since, as mentioned earlier, the natives take the solid foods to their mouths with their fingers, and drink the liquids directly from the containers."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 72-73). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller