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Wooden fork
Object Number 991-5-50/12363B
Display Title Wooden fork
Descriptions
Object Description Fork, wood. Decorated with white beading on the handles, bands of green, red and blue beads in decorative patterns.
Inventory Description Wooden fork, carved, white, green, blue, red glass beads on handle, with loop
Classification
  • Fork
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Materials Wood, Glass, Thread, Cloth, Bead
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (8 1/16 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12363B
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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