Récipient à chaux et spatule
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik
Vendu
250 €
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanyTaille
H: 30 cm (calabash)
36,5 cm (spatula)
H: 11.8 inch (calabash)
14.4 inch (spatula)
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”.