Betel Spatula
Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)
collected 19th century
Bone
Overall: 9 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (25 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
13.2.650
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Gear
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Source unknown; donated to Dartmouth College, in the late 18th or 19th century; catalogued, 1913.
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