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1994.4.93

Carved wooden lime spatula with handle in the form of a standing human figure.

1994.4.93

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden lime spatula with handle in the form of a standing human figure.
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Massim district
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Hampshire County Museums Service
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1994
Date collected
By 1994
Acquisition information
Transferred: 01/1994
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Width 50 mm, Length 230 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1994.4.93
Research and responses

For further information see Harry Beran, Betel-chewing Equipment of East New Guinea, (Aylesbury: Shire Ethnography, 1988).

Search terms: Narcotic, Figure, Tool, Lime Accessory, Spatula, Betel Accessory

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