Lime container
(early 20th century)

May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Medium: gourd, lime
Measurements: 46.7 × 8.6 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution: May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: O101-1979
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
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Large tubular shaped lime container with an opening at one end. On the middle of the gourd are carved and incised patterns of double scrolls, dots, wavy, circles and zig zags all heightened with lime.