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Object Number 95-1-70/47743
Display Title Betel nut spoon of carved wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, flat ovate blade, curvilinear pigmented designs, slotted
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 45.8 x 5.6 x 1.7 cm (18 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47743

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