Tool Handle

CG920114-8364

From: Borneo (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number CG920114-8364
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Hide (uncertain) | Peel
Description

Farming tool haft? Soft light wood (balsa?) handle, into which a wooden haft is inserted. Lashings, consisting of peel over some of which a hide (?) covering is bound with cord. At the end of the soft wood handle is a projection with a hole, through which runs a loop of two-strand twisted fiber cord. Now detached.

Length 42.5 cm
Width 9.4 cm

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