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Lime container with spatula ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3051260

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Provenance
Felix Speiser (1880-1949), Basel, Switzerland
Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 31 cm (calabash)
20,5 cm (spatula)
H: 12.2 inch (calabash)
8.1 inch (spatula)

Description

pumpkin, wood, red pigment, pokerwork

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”.


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