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Object Number 07-45-70/72722
Display Title Shell spoons
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoons, worked shell, triangular, tapered, curved, white
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Dorek; Cape Mamori, near; Geelvink Bay, Northwest coast of
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm (4 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 72722

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