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Object Number 30-36-50/B4834.2
Display Title Wooden spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden spoon, deep bowl, incised on handle.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Buzi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.6 x 4 x 0.6 cm (7 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-36-50/B4834.2
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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