Ladle, late 19th/early 20th century · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3039735
sold
EUR 330
Provenance
Norman Hurst, Cambridge, USASize
L: 33 cm
L: 13.0 inch
Description
hollowed coconut shell, wood, red, black and white pigment, pierced handle in the shape of a fish, the handle was inserted through a hole in the ground of the shell and fixed by plant fibre and parinarium nut paste, slightly dam., base
Comparing literature
Ohnemus, Sylvia, Zur Kultur der Admiralitäts-Insulaner in Melanesien, Basel 1996, p. 244 f.