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2024.20.127

Soka, wooden peg.

2024.20.127

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Collection type
Object
Description
Soka, wooden peg.
Long description
Soka, wooden peg made from sago leafstalk. The peg is plain brown, with a dark brown section and a split in one end. Soka are added to the wall of a trough in sago processing equipment to increase the height of the side to prevent the starch solution escaping.
Geographical reference
Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia
Cultural groups
Nuaulu
Person
PRM source Roy Ellen
Field collector Roy Ellen
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1996
Date collected
1996
Acquisition information
Donated: 14 August 2024
Materials and processes
Material Sago Palm Leaf Plant
Dimensions
Length 135 mm, Width 42 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2024.20.127 Other numbers: 1996.05
Research and responses

Added to wall of trough in sago-processing equipment to increase height of side to prevent starch solution escaping.

See 'Ellen 2004. Processing Metroxylon sagu (ARECACEAE) as a technological complex: A case study from South Central Seram, Indonesia. Economic Botany 58(4):50–74'.

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