Curio cabinets started as places to maintain curios - specified in the thesaurus as curious or uncommon objects of art or souvenirs and also whatnots that are possibly worthy of collecting because of their strangeness. This meaning could, certainly, include silver spoons from Alaska, all assortments of wedding celebration as well as christening favors, crystals, deal with masks from Africa as well as perhaps also contracted heads from the Amazons of Ecuador and Peru.