fork (food service); plate (food service)

Set of three objects. One spike of wood with bark on one side, used as a 'fork' in a white paper wrapper with Japanese characters in black and red. One rectangle of thin, light brown wood, with characters stamped on used as a 'plates'. These were used to eat the 'cake' at the demonstration of the Tea Ceremony at the Horniman Museum 10.9.83.

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