CLUB LIKE UTENSILS NON WEAPONS

[VANDOO]

#1.THIS WAS SOLD AS A OLD RICE BEATER FROM BALI, 36 CM. LONG, WOOD.
#2 & #3. A SIMILAR WOODEN ITEM SOLD AS A WAR CLUB RECENTLY, 39 CM.
LONG.

OFTEN THE FORMS OF COMMON UTENSILS USED FOR THE SAME TASKS
EVOLVE BASICALLY THE SAME OVER A WIDE AREA. THERE MAY BE
DIFFERENCES IN DECORATION BUT OFTEN THE FORMS ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE.

[VANDOO]

#1 & #2. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SEPIK , FOOD POUNDER, 26.5 IN. lONG

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

#1.THIS WAS SOLD AS A OLD RICE BEATER FROM BALI, 36 CM. LONG, WOOD.
#2 & #3. A SIMILAR WOODEN ITEM SOLD AS A WAR CLUB RECENTLY, 39 CM.
LONG.

OFTEN THE FORMS OF COMMON UTENSILS USED FOR THE SAME TASKS
EVOLVE BASICALLY THE SAME OVER A WIDE AREA. THERE MAY BE
DIFFERENCES IN DECORATION BUT OFTEN THE FORMS ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE.

The piece in the first picture is described correct, it's indeed a rice beater from Bali.

Regards,
Detlef

[Bob A]

The rice beater reminded my wife of the paddle her grandmother used to scoop and scrape butter from the bowl it would have been separated in, and to shape it to fit into a container.

[VANDOO]

#1. 41 CM. USED TO STIR SAGO IN FOOD PREPARATION NEW GUINEA
#2. & #3. SAGO LADLE , 24 IN. NEW GUINEA