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Object Number 17-24-70/D866
Display Title Shell spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, worked shell, tapered, triangular, curved, mother of pearl
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 2.9 x 0.2 cm (3 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-866

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