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Lime spoon, wooden "knife"
Object Number 14-16-70/85687
Display Title Lime spoon, wooden "knife"
Descriptions
Object Description Lime spoon, wooden "knife"
Inventory Description Carved wooden implement, flat, carved handle, carved and incised curvilinear designs, anthropomorphic figure at end, flat and smooth tapered blade
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33.3 × 3 × 1.8 cm (13 1/8 × 1 3/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85687

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