A pair of bone gouges bound together with leaf fiber: two-ended wood engraving tools. Made from Wallaby rib bones. L. 17 cm.
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1976-1977 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977), S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)