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Tipunu

human history
  • Other Name

    Spoon (English)

  • Description

    Tipunu. Spoon. For domestic purposes as a utensil. Carved and shaped from kapu akari (coconut shell). End of handle is rounded with circular bowl. Tipunu has been polished, with no sheen on inside of tipunu. Dark brown in colour.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Date
    1899
  • Other Id

    12325 (ethnology)

  • Department
Tipunu, 12325, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 09 Nov… … Read more

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