Lime container and spatula ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3039915

Description

bamboo, brown patina, engraved with stylized faces, five to the front and five to the backside, representing ancestor spirits or clan founders, linear ornaments inbetween, accentuated with white pigment rubbed into the deepenings, L. 39 cm; additional: spatula, cassowary bone, split and sharpened, remains of the swivel head ornamentally carved, l: 30 cm