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Spatula  

Definition

  • A tool, usually of bone, lime, wood, ebony, turtleshell, etc., consisting of a broad but thin blade. It served many general purposes – spreading, mixing, scooping, lifting – including burnishing pottery, workworking pelts, spooning flour, etc.

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Source

  • Kipfer, B. A. Dictionary of Artifacts 2007. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.p.297

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/spatula/4.55

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