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Wooden papeda spoon, used for cooking and eating papeda ("demshie")
Wooden papeda spoon, used for cooking and eating papeda ("demshie")
Object Number 39-17-70/1159
Display Title Wooden papeda spoon, used for cooking and eating papeda ("demshie")
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle, spatulate blade, grooved shaft, notched, pointed, and ridged finial
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 47.2 x 4.7 x 2 cm (18 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1159

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