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Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187
Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187 - 2/6 Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187 - 3/6 Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187 - 4/6 Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187 - 5/6 Lime container with spatula, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 30 cm (calabash) 36,5 cm (spatula) (H: 11.8 inch (calabash) 14.4 inch (spatula)), ID: 3050187 - 6/6
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Lot 61
101st Auction

Lime container with spatula ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3050187

sold EUR 250
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
Size
H: 30 cm (calabash)
36,5 cm (spatula)
H: 11.8 inch (calabash)
14.4 inch (spatula)

Description

pumpkin, cassowary bone, fibre, nassa snails, pokerwork, spatula handle in shape of a hornbill head

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”.

Oceania

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