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A Fine Massim Figural Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands

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A Fine Massim Figural Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands

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A Fine Massim Figural Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. This light-weight, dark-wood spatula was traditionally used to extract lime from a bone or bamboo lime container. The spoon is quite abstract and has a handle finial that is finely carved as a highly stylized hornbill bird, incised with scrolls.The spatula is long and thin and finishes with a flattened spoon end. It has a glossy patina.Lime was used in the preparation of betel which was chewed as a mild narcotic, and was an integral part of life in the Massim area. The spatulas were used to remove powdered lime from the lime container. The lime was carried to the mouth and taken from the end of the spatula. The lime, when mixed with chewed betel in the mouth, produced a mild euphoria.The example measures 16 inches long. ( There is no stand included)

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A Fine Massim Figural Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands

Name: A Fine Massim Figural Lime Spatula, Trobriand Islands
SKU: 81898171
Price: 200 USD
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