Accession No

1927.1886


Description

Sago scraper


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Mandated New Guinea; Umboi Island [Rooke Island]; Iongola Village


Period


Source

Humphreys, Clarence Blake [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1927.1886


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Wood; ?Fibre; ?Stone


Local Term

goo-goo


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in black ink: "27.1886 | ROOK I'd / IONGOLA Village / Sago-scraper (GOO-GOO) / Handle = (KAMA) / Binding - (GALUNDO) / Brace - (MAW) / Blade - (BAA). / Humphreys Coll'n."

In second hand, pencil: "?ROOKE I. = UMBOI I. / NORTHEAST MANDATED N.G."
Event Date 28/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "Sago-scraper (GOO-GOO) / Handle = (KAMA) / Binding - (GALUNDO) / Brace - (MAW) / Blade - (BAA)."
Event Date 28/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:287824

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