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Lime container
(early 20th century)

Medium
gourd, resin, cowrie shells, nassa shells, fibre

Measurements
53.0 × 8.0 × 7.5 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
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O80-1979

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
An oblong shaped lime gourd container with a circular opening at one end. Both ends of the container decorated with nassa and cowrie shells set in a resin paste, a fibre string attached to one end.