Wooden spoon

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Object Number 34-34-50/264

Display Title Wooden spoon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, long, shallow bowl, carved handle, flared end

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 3 x 32 x 8 cm (1 3/16 x 12 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 34-34-50/264

Provenance

Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933)

Donor Donated by Alfred J. Tulk (1934)

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