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The Iron Age Celts (C. 250BC) of Britain used them. This is evidenced by an example of a small ladle discovered during archaeological excavations at the Glastonbury Lake Village. Roman period spoons have been recovered from excavations in the City of London. The Anglo Saxons were great workers of wood, as were the Vikings , and both these groups of settlers to the British Isles produced wooden spoons for domestic uses. Each region, sometimes each village, will produce their own very distinct style and type of spoon. Many African examples are carved with wild animals and are aimed at the tourist market; there are others that are ceremonial and contain much symbolism. Distinctive painted spoons have been made in the Khokhloma region of Russia for nearly 200 years, originally for domestic use and in more recent times as tourist objects. Today, wooden spoons in western cultures are generally large spoons used for mixing ingredients for cooking or baking. Traditionally, the intricately-carved wooden and Eastern Europe , notably Romania . Wooden spoons are also used as Spanking implements to punish children or in BDSM sessions. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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