- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sweet potato knife. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/4/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 190 mm, Width: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.235
Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Food and Drink, Knife, Food Accessory, Agricultural Tool
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