Coconut Opener (uncertain)

29-50-506

From: New Guinea | Vogumash

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-506
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Vogumash
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone
Description

Bone. Decorated with crudely incised chevrons and a group of concentric circles. Said to be used in "opening coconuts". Presumably used as scoop for the pulp.

Length 16.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 452 - Other Number

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