Beater · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3041466
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Provenance
Todd Barlin, Sydney, AustraliaSize
L: 34 cm
L: 13.4 inch
Description
middle brown patina, handle in shape of anthropomorphic head rising from long neck, flat oval beating area with band ornament around rim, slightly dam., crack;
such beaters served for opening coconuts which were used for ritual purposes.
Comparing literature
Greub, Suzanne (ed.), Kunst am Sepik, Basel 1985, ill. 56