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Wooden spoon
Object Number 99-12-50/53292
Display Title Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, shallow bowl, incised
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm (7 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53292, Kefor (?) / Cutica / #el#a#ll# / #af###o###
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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