Lime Spatula-cum-Mortar
Massim region, Papua New Guinea, 19th c.
Carved wood, lime
12.5” l x 1” d (31.75 x 2.54 cm)
Price: $1,200
A combined lime spatula and mortar, one of the few I’ve ever seen. Finely carved, with traces of white lime and, unusually, red ochre. Deaccessioned from an East Coast museum, with an old collection number: F11.771.
