Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0320 | |
| Category | Culinary Items | |
| Object Name | Knife | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northern Vanuatu (probably) | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1926 | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Wood | |
| Description | Carved knife of the type used for cutting and serving pudding-like foods, especially in a ritual context; Carved from single piece of wood, blade and handle are both bi-convex in transverse cross-section and of a uniform thickness; Lateral edges of handle portion are constricted in two points but no other distinction is made between handle and blade area; Double-edged blade is thinned along both lateral edges which expand outward from the final constriction along the handle, then taper very gradually for most of their length before terminating in a rounded point; All surfaces are sanded smooth but do not appear to have been stained. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.4, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 29.1 | |