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Bone implement
Object Number 99-1-70/52236
Display Title Bone implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, worked bone, spatulate end, tapered handle, pointed projection
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm (7 1/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52236

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