Kai ni ngongo
Kai ni ngongo. Back scratcher. This is a wooden back scratcher carved from ngea (pemphis acidula) wood. It has been carved as one entire piece. It features a long cylindrical wooden handle with a tapered, blunt point at the base of the kai ni ngongo. A small foot has been carved out at the opposite end. A curved, blunt edge forms the end of the foot where the depth extends out towards the handle section. Hafted nicks dapple the curved, blunt edge of the foot section. A small linear furrow features at the pointed end of the object. It is dark brown in colour and polished in surface texture.
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Back scratcher (English)
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- Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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1936.295
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1936
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24067.1 (ethnology)
63 (Maude Collection)
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- Display Room
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