Lime tube with bird finial ·  Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3047231

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.

The object Lime tube with bird finial with the object ID 3047231 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 20 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

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