Admiralty ladle fishes

indonesia
Written By Helena Heukeshoven

Food ladle
Admiralty Islands, Bismarck
Archipelago, P.N.G., Melanesia
19th century
Coconut shell, wood (alstonia), pigments, and puttynut (Parinarium)
33 cm x 12,2 cm
Provenance:
Steinmann, a German medical doctor who served in German New-Guinea between 1880 & 1890

Object Presented by:
Anthony J.P. Meyer
T.: + 33 (0) 6 80 10 80 22

Helena Heukeshoven
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