Object Number | P940 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kenyah |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Board used in making cigarettes. Tapei ngerlopa laun roko. "A board, whereon cigarettes are rolled and tobacco is cut into thin strips." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters) Flat oblong board with a roughly triangular handle, with crude cut-outs and incised arcs and tear-drops filled with white pigment. Twisted cord through tip of handle. |
Length | 49.848 cm |
Width | 16.192 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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