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Shallow wooden spoon for butter - handle 16.25" ("mtosu")
Shallow wooden spoon for butter - handle 16.25" ("mtosu")
Object Number 39-39-50/4166
Display Title Shallow wooden spoon for butter - handle 16.25" ("mtosu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mtosu
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, shallow bowl/blade, brown, squared end, worn
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm (19 11/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4166

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