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Wooden implements for trimming casava cakes
Wooden implements for trimming casava cakes
Object Number 14-50-30/86790
Display Title Wooden implements for trimming casava cakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden implements, rectangular with thin, incised handles.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 4.8 x 0.8 cm (6 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 86790

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