lime-spatula
- Museum number
- Oc1931,0722.57
- Description
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Lime spatula made of a fairly flat piece of whalebone. There are drilled perforations close to the upper curved edge. It tapers to a rounded point.
- Curator's comments
- Tied-on handwritten British Museum label:
Melanesia / New Guinea / Papua Massim
Stuck-on handwritten label:
New Guinea / Whale ivory / Implement
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by Thomson circa 1887.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1931,0722.57