Lime container with bone spatula · Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik · ID: 3051651
Starting price
EUR 200
Estimated price
EUR 400
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”.