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Bone lime stick with carved bird head
Bone lime stick with carved bird head
Object Number 47-72-70/2697
Display Title Bone lime stick with carved bird head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, worked bone, carved bird top, perforated, fiber cord, long spatulate end
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Materials Bone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 10 x 3.8 cm (17 11/16 x 3 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2697

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