Spoon, shell bowl with wooden handle

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Object Number 65-3-50/10707.1

Display Title Spoon, shell bowl with wooden handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, wooden handle, clam shell ladle attached with bark strips

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Zaire

Additional Geographic Terms Africa, central: Belgian Congo; Stanley Pool; Leopoldville, near

Materials Clam shell, Wood, Bark

Dimensions Overall: 37 x 5.6 x 0.8 cm (14 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 65-3-50/10707

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