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Chop sticks for eating sago
Chop sticks for eating sago
Object Number 04-19-70/63326
Display Title Chop sticks for eating sago
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tongs, bamboo, two flat, rectangular pieces, tied near one end with reed band
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Bamboo, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm (11 1/4 x 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63326

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