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Lot 37 : Lime container - Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
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Lime container
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
pumpkin, of narrow, elongated form, pyro-engraved, sharpened bone as lime spatula, the flat squivel head carved with a hornbills head with curved beak halves;
aside of tobacco the betel palm is extremely popular throughout New Guinea. Betel nut, the leafes of the betel-pepper-bush and lime were mixed together, forming the so-called «betel-bit». Such calabash containers were used for storing the daily used portion of lime.
L: 35 cm, (4896/037)
Provenance:
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Lit.:
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 161
