Spatula

Museum number:
11-43912
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
21 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
lime spatula, two stylized opposing humans (double 'tokwalu) carved on the handle; ebony ('diospyros' species); l. 36 cm. max. w. 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia, Massim, Trobriand Is.
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Materials:
Ebony (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Diospyros
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 36 centimeters and width 4.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spatula, accession number 11-43912, described as lime spatula, two stylized opposing humans (double 'tokwalu) carved on the handle; ebony ('diospyros' species); l. 36 cm. max. w. 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spatula, accession number 11-43912, described as lime spatula, two stylized opposing humans (double 'tokwalu) carved on the handle; ebony ('diospyros' species); l. 36 cm. max. w. 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spatula, accession number 11-43912, described as lime spatula, two stylized opposing humans (double 'tokwalu) carved on the handle; ebony ('diospyros' species); l. 36 cm. max. w. 4.5 cm.

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