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Lime spatula, Kena, 20th century
Ebony, lime
25 x 5 x 0.5 cm (9 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.108

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The openwork circular design represents the sea urchin, dana. The motif, as incorporated in spatula handles, was invented by the carver Todidayu of Okaikoda village on Kiriwina Island before World War II. The motif itself, found on other objects such as splashboards and hulls of canoes, existed before Todidayu's creation (Beran, 1988: 32). At least three other related spatulas are known. See Guiart, 1963, fig. 312; Vargyas, 1980, photo 47; Beran, 1988, fig. 31; Beran and Meyer, 2000, fig. 45. The Guiart reference is in the Néprajzi Múseum, Budapest (131560) and was collected by Geza Rólheim in 1929-30. All of these are almost certainly by Todidayu (Harry Beran, personal communication)." (Catalog #423, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 154.) 1994 - Bourgoin, 1994, fig. 7.

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