Lime container
(early 20th century)

May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Medium: gourd, lime
Measurements: 24.2 × 6.7 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution: May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: O88-1979
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: Tubular, shaped lime container with a large circular opening at one end. Cetnred are incised patterns of half-herringbones, concentric oposed chevrons, dots, concentric elliptic shapes and lines all heightened with lime.