Food knife for taro and yam

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Object Number 00-8-70/55287

Display Title Food knife for taro and yam

Descriptions

Inventory Description Paddle shaped utensil, carved wood, flat head, slightly rounded handle

Classification

Paddle

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 48.5 x 8 x 1.9 cm (19 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 55287

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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