Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Lime Spatula with Clapper

Lime Spatula with Clapper

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Lime Spatula with Clapper
Artist
CultureMassim people
Titles
  • Lime Spatula with Clapper
Date1890–1905
PlaceMassim Area, Southeastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions16 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/8 in. (41.3 × 3.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joseph D. and Kathy Cullen McCord in honor of Harry H. Cullen at "One Great Night in November, 1993"
Object number93.396
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Pacific Islands and Australia
Object Type
ProvenancePeter Hallinan, Australia, by 1993; [Kirby Kallas-Lewis, Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.

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