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Pig ilium (?) spoon for red pandanus sauce
Pig ilium (?) spoon for red pandanus sauce
Object Number 64-18-70/4316
Display Title Pig ilium (?) spoon for red pandanus sauce
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, worked bone, spatulate end, curved, worn, transluscent
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 4 x 0.5 cm (4 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4316

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