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Object Number 99-15-70/53867.2
Display Title I'ofl; tongs for hot stones in cooking
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tongs, wood, single narrow piece folded over, frayed at bend, one end shorter
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 4 x 2.9 cm (13 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53867
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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