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Wooden spoon used in tea ceremony for dipping tea powder
Wooden spoon used in tea ceremony for dipping tea powder
Object Number 46-56-60/8253
Display Title Wooden spoon used in tea ceremony for dipping tea powder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoon, bamboo, flat, one end curved up, seam in middle of handle, brown stain
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Yamashiro / <County> / Kyoto
Materials Bamboo, Stain
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (7 3/16 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-56-60/8253
Provenance
Collector Margaret Portia Mickey (1936-1946 - 1946)

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