Zemanek-Münster

Figurative lime spatula "daga"

Papua New Guinea - Massim
not available anymore
Provenance
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
Size
L: 38 cm
L: 15.0 inch

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.


Comparing literature

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

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