Wood Carving Tool
29-50-601
From: New Guinea | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-601 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Timbunke |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Tusk | Wood | Peel |
| Description | Ivory. Two boar's tusks joined together by the insertion of a stick in their hollow bases. A lashing of rattan over splints covering the stick reinforces the joints. The tusks are fastened so as to curve in opposite directions. |
| Length | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 342 - Other Number |
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