Lime container
(early 20th century)

Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Medium: gourd, resin, cowrie shells, nassa shells, fibre
Measurements: 53.0 × 8.0 × 7.5 cm
Place/s of Execution: Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: O80-1979
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: An oblong shaped lime gourd container with a circular opening at one end. Both ends of the container decorated with nassa and cowrie shells set in a resin paste, a fibre string attached to one end.