Sago peg or clamp "tapak" · Papua New Guinea - Wosera · ID: 3038267
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
Missionsmuseum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany, Inventory Nr.: 71.1.196Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Bruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Size
H: 45,3 cm
H: 17.8 inch
Description
light wood, red pigment, plaited plant fibre cuff, front and backside carved with the standing figure of a mythical spirit “nggwal”, fine carved, collection number: “71.1.196”, slightly dam., cracks, plate;
these pegs are used to hold together the sheets of sago-palm spathe which form the trough in which the sago flour is washed out from the pounded pith.
Proceeds will be given to the “Bürgerverein Altenhilfe e. V. Pliezhausen”