Shell spoon, woman's

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Object Number 06-5-10/66348

Display Title Shell spoon, woman's

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, mussel shell, polished, broken

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wiyot

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / California / Humboldt County

Additional Geographic Terms Humboldt Bay

Materials Mussel

Dimensions Overall: 10.5 x 4.3 x 0.2 cm (4 1/8 x 1 11/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 66348

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1906)

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1906)

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