Wooden laplap Knife

Wooden laplap Knife

A Torres Island laplap knife made of a thin light wood. The handle has carved decoration around the edge

SJBS

L: 0.52 W: 0.03

Wood

Physical Object

Torres Islands, Vanuatu

By the end of the 19th century, wooden knives were mostly replaced with metal brought over by Europeans. These knives are most likely from the Torres Islands where they still use long and thin light wooden knives decorated with geometric patterns