Lime container with bone spatula · Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik · ID: 3051651
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Provenance
Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (2016)Size
L: 48 cm
26 cm (spatula)
L: 18.9 inch
10.2 inch (spatula)
Description
pumpkin, with pokerwork, still filled with lime, slightl dam., crack
Such calabash containers were used for storing the daily used portion of lime. Lime, betel nut and the leaves of the betel-pepper-bush were mixed together, forming the so-called “betel-bit”.
The object Lime container with bone spatula with the object ID 3051651 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 49.
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