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Object Number 37-98-70/710
Display Title Wooden instrument to scrape meat out of coconut
Descriptions
Indigenous Term fogaoe panis
Inventory Description Tool, scraper, carved wood tripod figure, extended metal scraper, serrated edge
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 19.5 x 37 cm (26 x 7 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/710

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