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Lime Spatula
Lime Spatula
Lime Spatula
DepartmentAsia

Lime Spatula

NameLime Spatula
Artist Artist not recorded
CultureMassim
Dateca. 1880
Place madePapua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Mediumwood
DimensionsH: 15”, W: 7/8”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.34
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Alastair Sutherland, Devon England in October 1995 From an English collection
DescriptionCarved spatula with figures swirl designs
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