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)

Littérature comparée

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