diff -r 06244031b608 Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	Thu Aug 22 17:53:16 2013 +0300
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	Fri Aug 23 00:54:58 2013 +0300
@@ -1127,6 +1127,12 @@
         """Return the Tkinter instance of a widget identified by
         its Tcl name NAME."""
         name = str(name).split('.')
+        if '#' in name[-1]:
+            # This is a cloned menu, only the final widget in the split list
+            # is needed to retrieve it. Cloned menus have one or more '#'s
+            # where there would be '.'s instead, to indicate they are cloned
+            # menus.
+            name = name[-1].split("#")
         w = self
 
         if not name[0]: