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Object Number 99-12-70/53482
Display Title Food scoop
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scoop, incised design, long handle, squared end, elongated oval scoop
Classification
  • Scoop
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands / High Island
Additional Geographic Terms Austral Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 137.5 x 12.5 x 5.4 cm (54 1/8 x 4 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53482
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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