Récipient à chaux et spatule ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3050187

Description

pumpkin, cassowary bone, fibre, nassa snails, pokerwork, spatula handle in shape of a hornbill head

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”.