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Wooden spoon for butter - small ("mtosu")
Wooden spoon for butter - small ("mtosu")
Object Number 39-39-50/4174
Display Title Wooden spoon for butter - small ("mtosu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mtosu
Inventory Description Carved wooden spoon, oval, shallow bowl, short handle.
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: 19.5 x 2.5 x 3.4 cm (7 11/16 x 1 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4174

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