Spatula-shaped wooden knife · Vanuatu · ID: 3050029
sold
EUR 1,600
Size
L: 33 cm
L: 13.0 inch
Description
incised “Diego Suarez 1890”
Knife for cutting pudding, yams or cooked food; also used as a badge of rank.
Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 66, ill. 78