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Fine pair of plantain scrapers, Markham valley, Papua New…
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Sydney
Date:
18-Apr-2021
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Description:
Fine pair of plantain scrapers, Markham valley, Papua New Guinea. Cassowary bone banana scraper with classic wedge-shaped ancestral face depicting an ancestor in stylized form. These spoons were used to scrape the skin from the baked plantain, a sort of non-sweet banana. Carved and engraved cassowary bone. Provenance: Collected by K. Trueman, Queensland, Australia, 1960s. Private Collection, New South Wales. Approx. lengths 16.5 cm, 15.5 cm
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Category:
Unclassified