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Object Number
00-8-70/55286
Display Title
Food knife for taro and yam
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Paddle shaped utensil, carved wood, flat head, tapering handle
Classification
- Paddle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 49.5 x 6.1 x 2.5 cm (19 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55286
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55287 | Food knife for taro and yam |
Paddle
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55285 | Food knife for taro and yam |
Paddle
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55284 | Food knife for taro and yam |
Paddle
|
Fiji
| |
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|
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| |
| 2004.29.21945 | People with turtles and mounds of yams |
Fiji
| ||
| 07-61-70/72602.1 | Food paddle |
Paddle
|
Halmahera Island
| |
| 07-61-70/72602 | Food paddle |
Paddle
|
Halmahera Island
| |
| 02-20-60/62043 | Food stirrer |
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|
Maldive Islands
| |
| 02-20-60/62045 | Food stirrer |
Paddle
|
Maldive Islands
| |
| 38-44-10/12737 | Wooden paddle used for stirring food |
Paddle
|
Ontario
| |
| 02-20-60/62044 | Food stirrers |
Paddle
|
Maldive Islands
| |
| 02-20-60/62046 | Food stirrer |
Paddle
|
Maldive Islands
|