Title
Taph (lime stick)
early 20th century-mid 20th century
collected 1965
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Tambanum Village
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Middle Sepik River
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East Sepik Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Iatmul people
- Dates
- early 20th century-mid 20th century
collected 1965 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- cassowary bone (Casuarius), plant fibre tassels
- Dimensions
- 43.7 x 12.0 x 3.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 395.1994
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Iatmul people
Works in the collection
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About
This delicately crafted lime stick – 'taph' in Iatmul – is carved from the thigh bone of the 'amwiya' (cassowary), as related by Justin Kami of Tambanum village. The 'taph' is decorated with bark fibre tassels known as 'manjih'.
[entry from Exhibition Guide for 'Melanesian art: redux', 2018, cat no 7]
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Melanesian art: redux, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Nov 2018–17 Feb 2019
