DepartmentOceania
Lime Spatula
NameLime Spatula
Artist
Mutuaga
CultureMassim
Datelate 19th century
Place madePapua New Guinea, Melanesia, OCEANIA
Mediumwood and lime pigment
DimensionsH: 13.5”, W: 1.75”, D: 1 1/8”
Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
Object numberA.2025.29.29
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Taylor Dale Gallery in May 2002
Ex. Brisbane, Australia antique dealers (Lynley Jenkins and Cecily Critchley of Chantilly Antiques, European dealers)`
Collected by Australian missionaries based on Thursday Island in the Torres Straits in the late 19th century
Gift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
DescriptionCarved wood spatula with three animal figures.
18th-19th century
Late 19th--mid 20th century
Carlton E. Garrett
Early 20th Century
Collected 1961-1962