Lime tube with bird finial

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Description

wood, bamboo tube, plant fibre, pigments, base

Lime was produced by burning coral and purifying the residue. It was mainly needed for the consumption of betel, where it was wrapped in a leaf of the so-called betel pepper together with a piece of betel nut and chewed in the mouth.

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Comparing literature

Friede, John & Marcia, New Guinea Art, Vol. 1, San Francisco 2005, ill. 189

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