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Kitchen tool - made of a forked stick, used for the beating of cooked bananas
Kitchen tool - made of a forked stick, used for the beating of cooked bananas
Object Number 38-60-30/1747
Display Title Kitchen tool - made of a forked stick, used for the beating of cooked bananas
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood with 5 forks at one end
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 39 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (15 3/8 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1747
Provenance
Collector Mr. C. H. Spencer (1937-1938)
Seller Mr. C. H. Spencer (06/04/1938-09/13/1939)

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