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Object Number 49-14-50/8218
Display Title Wooden fork. Chipeso
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Chipeso
Inventory Description Carved wood fork, 4 worn tines, dark wood, rectangular end
Classification
  • Fork
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Chinunka; Misuku Mountains, at the foot of the
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 1.8 x 0.6 cm (3 7/8 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/8218

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