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Wooden spoon for butter - handle 13" ("mtosu")
Wooden spoon for butter - handle 13" ("mtosu")
Object Number 39-39-50/4173
Display Title Wooden spoon for butter - handle 13" ("mtosu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mtosu
Inventory Description Wooden spoon, ovate bowl, tapering handle, 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: 45.2 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm (17 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4173

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