knife, pudding

pudding eating knife; possibily Torres Islands; two old chips at blade tip, slight split toward the end of blade also; generally dark in tone and lighter in colour towards tip of blade; grip end is decorated with two paired chevrons and tapers to a rounded tip; grip is narrow and flares out to the blade which tapers to a rounded tip; the tip of the blade and decorative end are rough in surface;

Place

Vanuatu/Melanesia/Pacific

Accession Number

1971.135

Accession Date

1971

Other Id

44982 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific