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Object Number
15-36-10/86357
Display Title
Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
Descriptions
Object Description
Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
Inventory Description
Unclassified, carved wood, long and flat.
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (13 3/8 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
86537
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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