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Object Number
39-39-50/3686
Display Title
White wooden paddle - used for cooking (biungu)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
biungu
Inventory Description
Paddle, carved wood, brown, long handle, slanting blade end, notched blade base
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 59.3 x 6.7 x 1.8 cm (23 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/3686
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