Description:

Massim Whalebone Spatula with Shell Decoration, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved whalebone, shell money discs and seeds. Such whalebone spatulas as this are very rare and would serve more as a wealth and prestige object than an actual functioning lime spatula.

    Provenance:
  • Private collection, Queensland.
  • Dimensions:
  • Approx L35.5cm.
  • Exhibited:
  • 930
  • Literature:
  • Decorative Art
  • Medium:
  • Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts
  • Circa:
  • Pacific Islands

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15 July 2024 19:00 AEST
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