Lime spatula (?), carved wood w/ basketry & paint

Museum number:

11-37800

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

lime spatula, carved palm wood; notched and other carved designs on shaft; plaited fiber binding near center

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Lime spatulas and Plaited weaving

Function:

5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania