Preshistoric bark-cloth beater · Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands, Lufa region · ID: 3052685
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Peter Tarpee, patrol officer in the 1970sJohn & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 39,1 x 6 5,1 cm
M: 39,1 x 6 2.0 inch
Description
basalt, base
Bark-cloth beaters, used to create a type of “fabric” for costumes and decorations, were traditionally crafted from either stone or wood. They were long and cylindrical in shape, with the upper half carved with parallel or cross-hatched grooves. Strips of bark from paper mulberry or hibiscus plants were pounded against a flat board or a stone, gradually thinning and stretching the material until it resembled cloth.
Publications
Friede, John et. al., New Guinea Highlands, 2017, p. 235, ill. 11.3.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).