Ladle with decorated handle, late 19th / early 20th century ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Manus Island · ID: 3047476

Description

wood, coconut shell, putty mass, minor missing part, rest.

A specimen very similar in design, collected in 1899, is in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, inv. no. VI 17405 (see ill.: Kaufmann, 2002, p. 131, fig. 38).

Nevermann reports that it was customary to present guests with such elaborate spoons as a gift at great festivities.

The object Ladle with decorated handle, late 19th / early 20th century with the object ID 3047476 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 48 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

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Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Museum Rietberg Zürich 2002, p. 130, ill. 38