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Object Number 99-1-70/52216
Display Title Tortoise shell spoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, worked tortoise shell, narrowing spatulate, notched edge
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 11.2 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52216

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