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Object Number 94-18-70/51053
Display Title Shell spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, shell, curved, one edge beveled, iridescent
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 4.2 x 0.3 cm (4 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51053

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