lime-spatula
- Museum number
- Oc,+.1613
- Description
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Carved lime-spatula of wood, with hollow handle in form an animal's head.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1882)
- Dimensions
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Length: 11.50 inches (from original registration)
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1882?:
New Guinea
Spatula used in betel chewing: black wood: hollow handle in the form of an animal's head; and open at the end to form a clapper.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.1613
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1882C2.1613 (old CDMS no.)
