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Pudding Knife2832/8

Carved black-brown pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and oblong, narrow at base tapering outwards to a rounded tip. Hilt is formed of three discs: two outer discs are larger and taper to narrow rims and the centre disc is smaller with a rounded rim. Above the hilt is a cylindrical shaft encircled with a raised lip that forms v shapes on two sides; above this on two sides are two inlaid white opalescent circular shell eyes with incised V shapes at their outer sides; an incised line encircles the shaft above the faces; then there is a raised notched rim, followed by an oblong knife top decorated on two sides by stepped raised oblongs, small at the centre and progressively larger towards outer edges; the top centre oblong edge is serrated.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/7

Carved dark brown-black wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt with one upward facing and one downward facing head on each outer side. Faces have inlaid white opalescent shell eyes and mouths. Heads are edged with a sinuous raised line that crosses to form an X on the top and bottom hilt sides. Handle is cylindrical tapering outwards to the end with a flat top. Tied around the handle is a dark brown-black braided plant fibre string knotted at the end to form a loop.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/6

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt /handle bordered with oblong shapes containing nine stacked flat circular shapes of decreasing size from the largest circle closest to blade to the smallest closest to top. Each circle has two circular holes (eyes), and the knife is topped with a tall oblong hat-like shape with brim.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/4

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt/handle comprised of three sections bordered with oblong shapes; the first two sections closest to the blade are lozenge shaped with the same shape openings; the third section is an oval with two half-oval openings. The knife has a diamond shaped top with a crescent opening.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/5

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt bordered with oblong shapes containing an oval with serrated edges and a circular hole in the middle; above this the handle is a long oval with serrated outer edges that tapers to point at the hilt end, with an open centre of the same oval shape.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/3

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end. Above the blade there is a hilt/handle comprised of 3 sections bordered with oblong shapes. The section closest to the blade is a lozenge shape with two triangular openings; the middle section has two facing crescent shapes connected with a central rectangle of wood; the third section is an oval with two half-oval openings. The knife is capped with an eye-shaped opening with a serrated top.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pudding Knife2832/2

Carved wooden pudding knife. Paddle-shape blade is flat and broad at base tapering to a pointed end, above the blade there is a hilt comprised of two oblong shapes bordering a lozenge shape with two triangular openings. Above the hilt is a cylindrical handle tipped with an oblong knob and forked V with serrated edges.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Mota Lava, Torba, Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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