Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Lime spatula

Lime spatula
 (early 20th century)

Medium
ebony, lime
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
© the artists
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
ebony, lime
Measurements
51.0 × 3.9 × 1.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O8-1979
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Standing scrollwork (human) figure facing forward. Incised patterns are heightened with lime.

Explore the collection

Pair of wine glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) Yari country Rover Thomas H'nard K'nore G'nang G'nirl PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Pacific Transformer 4 Tama Sharman Pacific Transformer 2 Tama Sharman Fa'afafine Greg Semu The Raft of the Tagata Pasifika (People of the Pacific) Greg Semu The arrival, diptych Greg Semu Pacific Transformer 1 Tama Sharman driftnet Judy Watson Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton No title (Queen of the Pacific, Lindeman Island) E. G. ADAMSON Tambourine Arthur STREETON Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT The sighting Greg Semu The bathers Anne ZAHALKA The Pacific whaling ship UNKNOWN (Scrimshander) MEDAL Outfit: Brace jacket, Go west dress, Memory heart necklace and Big heart necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer) A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Pacific Peter UPWARD Three ring sail parachutes of Skylab 3 at splashdown in pacific NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) The enjoyable lesson François BOUCHER Light Greg Semu Survival and atomic bombing WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson Suite of glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) The search Greg Semu An opossum of Van Diemen's Land P. MAZELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman)