Wooden food-stirrer with oval section handle expanding into wide, flat blade, rounded at the end. [JC [OPS Move] 8/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden food-stirrer with oval section handle expanding into wide, flat blade, rounded at the end. [JC [OPS Move] 8/11/2016]
Long description: Wooden food-stirrer with oval section handle expanding into wide, flat blade, rounded at the end. At the base of the handle is a carved double collar followed by a flat, ornamental, openwork butt which is roughly oval in shape with a triangular projection. There is a transverse double band decorating the centre of the blade. [JC [OPS Move] 8/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 605 mm, Width: max 103 mm, Depth: max 18 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.10.14