Lime container with spatula
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
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”.