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Shovel

Shovel-like spoon, handle and shovel are roughly the same length, the spoon recess is square, there are carved ornaments at the base of the spoon & at the upper end of the handle and a carved head at the upper end of the handle, which bear traces of red and white paint

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Schaufel
Dimensions
L ca. 68 cm
Material/Technique
wood (plant material)
carved
Object genre
domestic utensil
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2108
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 83869
2108

Provenance and sources

where
Papua-Neuguinea

where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Häberle, Wilhelm - Owners

where
Stuttgart

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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