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Piece of thorny wood - used as kitchen tool on green bananas and uncooked yuke t
Piece of thorny wood - used as kitchen tool on green bananas and uncooked yuke t
Object Number 38-60-30/1748
Display Title Piece of thorny wood - used as kitchen tool on green bananas and uncooked yuke t
Descriptions
Object Description Piece of thorny wood - used as kitchen tool on green bananas and uncooked yuke to make smash
Inventory Description Scraper, carved wood, plain on 1 side, spiked on the other, curved
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quichua
  • Payamino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm (13 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1748

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