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Kai ni ngongo

human history
  • Other Name

    Back scratcher (English)

  • Description

    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.

  • Place
    Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    24067.1 (ethnology)

    63 (Maude Collection)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni ngongo; 1936.295; 24067.1, 63; Cultural Permissions Apply

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