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

CultureMassim people
Titles
  • Lime Spatula with Curvilinear Designs
Date1890–1905
PlaceRossel Island, Massim Area, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions13 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (33 × 3.8 × 0.5 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 number93.397
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé

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ProvenancePeter Hallinan, Australia, by 1993; [Kirby Kallas-Lewis, Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.

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