Lime container with spatula · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3051260
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Provenance
Felix Speiser (1880-1949), Basel, SwitzerlandTémoin, 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”.
The object Lime container with spatula with the object ID 3051260 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 323.
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