Lime spoon

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Object Number 11-2-70/83881

Display Title Lime spoon

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spoon, carved wood, spatulate, elongated, ridged, curvilinear incising

Classification

Spoon

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Massim

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 69.9 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm (27 1/2 x 7/8 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 83881

Provenance

Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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