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Object Number 20-33-40/D1606.2
Display Title Back scratchers ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden paddle? long cylindrical handle, perforated tip, textured head.
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Yugoslavia / Bosnia?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 37.2 x 4.9 x 1.5 cm (14 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-33-40/D1606.2; 91-Q / 128b

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