Cassowary bone spoon

Museum number:
11-40700
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2653
Description:
Spoon made from cassowary bone.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
West Papua Province, Indonesia, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Ngaulm Tribe
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Bone (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cassowary bone spoon, accession number 11-40700, described as Spoon made from cassowary bone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cassowary bone spoon, accession number 11-40700, described as Spoon made from cassowary bone.

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