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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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