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Object Number
39-17-70/1267
Display Title
Wooden spoon ("gem"), used for stirring sago
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Gem
Inventory Description
Spoon, squared bowl, ringed handle, triangular finial
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Luelala Moraid
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Sainke Doek
Additional Geographic Terms
Luelala Moraid
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm (5 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1267
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