Bidspirit auction | 5 Handmade Guna Tools and
5 Handmade Guna Tools and Utensils - 5 traditional artifacts from Guna (Kuna/Cuna) culture, Panama, collected mid-20th century. * 22” long four-blade beverage stirrer for cacao and corn chicha drinks. * 19” long hand-carved wooden fork. * Carved wooden paddle, 18.5” long, diamond shaped. * Carved wooden paddle, 18” long, with ”coll” stickers, and a few insect holes. * 16” rice scoop/stirrer, hand-carved with pointed handle for sticking into the ground or for opening sacks of rice. It has a Kapp San Blas Expedition custom stamped tag, which is brittle and held together with tape. The tag reads: RIO TIGRE, ARROS WIET [?] (RICE STIRRER) APRIL 71. Please see photos for condition, which includes general wear, old labels, insect activity, and patina. Provenance: From the collection of American ethnologist, cartographer, and explorer Captain Kit S. Kapp.