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Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn over food baking in the fire. Incised
Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn over food baking in the fire. Incised
Object Number 39-17-70/1167
Display Title Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn over food baking in the fire. Incised
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Terap yembit
Object Description Wooden tongs ("terap yembit") used to turn over food baking in the +
Inventory Description Tongs, folded split stick, incised linear designs, pointed singed ends
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 56.5 x 4 x 2.3 cm (22 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1167

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