Wooden spoon - used for eating – Objects

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Object Number 37-32-50/2514

Display Title Wooden spoon - used for eating

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, plain, brown, flared handle

Classification

Raw Material
Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Forest Tribe

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern: Ebolowa, region around

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 5.6 x 2.5 cm (6 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-32-50/2514

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