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Lime spatula and clapper

Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Lime spatula and clapper
 (early 20th century)

Medium
Ebony

Measurements
31.8 × 3.8 × 30.3 cm

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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O38-1979

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Dual purpose, spatula on one end and clapper on the other as a sound producing instrument. Stylised fish with raised row of frigated bird motifs. The handles of clappers are cut into two sections and hollowed out to form a sound box.

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