Pandanus Fruit Scraper
89-17-48B
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-48B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cassowary Bone |
| Description | Scraper. Used to gouge out pitch of split pandanus fruit. Note patina of pandanus resin on both blades. Also used in combination with a tube of bamboo to crush head lice; hair is rolled over the rounded shaft of the scraper, and the bamboo tube is rolled over the hair and scraper. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 46 B - Other Number |
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