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Object Number
99-15-70/53867.1
Display Title
I'ofl; tongs for hot stones in cooking
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tongs, bent stick, fiberous worn tips
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 29.1 x 5 x 2.6 cm (11 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53867
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53867.2 | I'ofl; tongs for hot stones in cooking |
Food processing
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53867 | I'ofl; tongs for hot stones in cooking |
Food processing
|
Samoa
| |
| 2006.17.1.16.9 | Tongs carrying hot stones - putting them into haksé pit; in Abukulmo during Eak's funeral |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 39-17-70/1166 | Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn sago, kaladi, etc. roasting+ |
Food processing
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 39-17-70/1167 | Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn over food baking in the fire. Incised |
Food processing
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 2004.1.37 | Tongs, bent reeds tied together with fiber |
Food processing
|
Philippines
| |
| 22-2-50/B2979 | Blacksmith's tongs for holding hot metal |
Tools
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 88-51-10/48064 | Tongs |
Food processing
|
Arizona
| |
| 88-51-10/48038 | Wooden tongs |
Food processing
|
Zuni Pueblo
| |
| 29-16-30/F746 | Wooden tongs |
Food processing
Raw Material |
Santa Catarina
| |
| 27-56-70/D2740 | Bamboo tongs |
Tongs
|
Village of Kowel
| |
| 39-17-70/1458 | Bamboo tongs, probably used for eating (contained in basket no 39-17-70/1454) |
Tongs
|
Misool
|