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Wooden spoon
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Object Number 88-51-10/50170
Display Title Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden spoon
Inventory Description Ladle, wood, long grooved handle withnotched end, shiny residue, chipped
Classification
  • Ladle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 45.2 x 11.4 x 21.5 cm (17 13/16 x 4 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object [crossed out] 34361 Norton Sd./ Nelson/ 50170
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1876)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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