Figurative lime spatula "daga" ·  Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3033764

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, crowned by a stylized pair of figures, the faces decorated with fine linear incisions, slightly dam., missing part, chip at the tip of the spatula;
used for shell lime, which absorbs the biting taste of the betel nut.

The object Figurative lime spatula “daga” with the object ID 3033764 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 68.

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Comparing literature

Hamson, Michael, Art of the Massim & Collingwood Bay, Los Angeles 2009, ill. 48