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Lime container with mixer

Lime container with mixer
 (early 20th century)

Medium
gourd, lime
Measurements
(a-b) 39.8 × 12.7 cm diameter (overall)
Place/s of Execution
May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O104.a-b-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
Large oval shaped gourd with stopper or lime stick carved from bone. Carved band of headless figures, incised double scrolls, half-herringbone and dots, heightened with lime.