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Lime spatula and clapper

Lime spatula and clapper
 (early 20th century)

Medium
Ebony
Measurements
31.8 × 3.8 × 30.3 cm
Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O38-1979
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Dual purpose, spatula on one end and clapper on the other as a sound producing instrument. Stylised fish with raised row of frigated bird motifs. The handles of clappers are cut into two sections and hollowed out to form a sound box.