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Wooden spoon for butter - handle 23 1/2" ("mtosu")
Wooden spoon for butter - handle 23 1/2" ("mtosu")
Object Number 39-39-50/4171
Display Title Wooden spoon for butter - handle 23 1/2" ("mtosu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mtosu
Object Description Wooden spoon for butter - handle 23.5" ("mtosu")
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, long thin handle, small bowl, perforated
Classification
  • Spoon
  • Raw Material
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: 68 x 5.5 x 2 cm (26 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4171

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