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Object Number 30-36-50/B4810.3
Display Title Wooden spoons
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden spoon, long, shallow bowl, decorative base of handle.
Classification
  • Spoon
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mandingo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 23.8 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm (9 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-36-50/B4810.3
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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