digging stick, unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist

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unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, digging stick
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, digging stick
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist
digging stick
late 1800s–1967
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, artist
digging stick, late 1800s–1967
Where object was made: Lagaip, Papua New Guinea
Material/technique: wood
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 80 x 2.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 1 x 31 1/2 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: KUEA Funds
Accession number: 2007.4017
Not on display
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Archive label, Ipili exhibit Natural History Museum, 1979:
Digging Sticks
The digging stick shown here would be used by women for weeding. Larger sticks are used by men for heavy gardening tasks. Such sticks are less frequently used now than earlier, because of the introduction of metal shovels. It is interesting, however, that shovels are used in the same manner as the digging sticks, as can be seen in the photograph.