MARKHAM VALLEY PLANTAIN SCRAPER - image-1

Lot 175 Dα

MARKHAM VALLEY PLANTAIN SCRAPER

Auction 1119 - overview Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

MARKHAM VALLEY PLANTAIN SCRAPER
Papua New Guinea

14.5 cm. high

Cf. Meyer, A., "Oceanic Art", Cologne, 1995, vol.I, p.164, where the author states that such peelers were carved out of human bone and represent ancestors. They were used to remove the skin from the baked fruit.