Sago Extractor
89-17-36
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-36 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Peel |
| Description | Sago extracting tool. Haft lashe to a round hardwood blade with cane preventer between blade and haft. Blade is hollowed by burning, thus making a circular cutting edge; nowadays an iron pipe is hammered onto a wooden handle to serve as a blade. Not intended to be well made; often must be repaired during an extraction session. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 7 - Other Number |
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