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Lime spatula
(early 20th century)

Medium
ebony

Measurements
37.0 × 5.0 × 1.0 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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

Accession Number
O49-1979

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Two addorsed human figures squatting on top of another two squatting human figures plus two stylised birds on top. Incised concentric scroll works and line patterns.