A RARE NIAS COCONUT GRATER

Provenance: François Coppens
Joop Schafthuizen, Belgium

Beginning of 20th Century

Wooden coconut grater in the shape of a stylised animal with spread forelegs and thick cylindrical hind legs with vaguely sketched genitalia.
The raised neck with a small head carries a dorsal human figure.
While grating, the object served as a stool. Graters of this ancient type cover a vast range of distribution over Indonesia and parts of Micronesia and Polynesia.

Published in ”Nias Tribal treasures”, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, page 305

Nias, Indonesia
Wood, 54,5 x 28 cm

Price:  €  2.200,-