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Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
Spoons of wood. Used for sipping soapberry froth.
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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