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Object Number 2004.24.17198
Display Title Double wooden spoon with Head
Descriptions
Object Description Double wooden spoon with Janus' head. Liberia: Kra Tribe. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 71, c.
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Wood
  • Head
  • Janus
  • Double
  • Spoon
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Kran
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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