Pudding knife ·  Vanuatu - Banks Islands · ID: 3040233

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, long shaft, diamond-shaped pierced at transition point, spade-shaped spoon, reduced incised ornaments, drilled hole for suspension on upper end, slightly dam. (rim of the spoon), abrasion of paint, remains of a collection number on the backside “…498” (unreadable)

The object Pudding knife with the object ID 3040233 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 81 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 66