Pudding Knife
| Object Number: | 2003-32-130 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Hebrides Torres Islands |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Length: | 55.9 cm |
| Width: | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1995.X.16611 - Other Number |
Description
Long, thin knife used for cutting, serving and eating yam pudding. Handle (18 cm.) has toothed edges. See Speiser, Ethnology of Vanuatu, pp. 128-129 and Pl. 23 Nos. 1-5. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Speiser, Felix. 1990. Ethnology of Vanuatu: An early twentieth century study.. Crawford House Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 128-129 (Pl. 23 Nos. 1-5) | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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