Spade

Museum number:
11-37871
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
spade, for harvesting yams; spatulate form carved from wood of palm( yaman), upper end has depiction of human face obverse and reverse, flanked by scalloped shapes; traces of pigment; 233 cm length
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Sepik District, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spade, accession number 11-37871, described as spade, for harvesting yams; spatulate form carved from wood of palm( yaman), upper end has depiction of human face obverse and reverse, flanked by scalloped shapes; traces of pigment; 233 cm lengthHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spade, accession number 11-37871, described as spade, for harvesting yams; spatulate form carved from wood of palm( yaman), upper end has depiction of human face obverse and reverse, flanked by scalloped shapes; traces of pigment; 233 cm length

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