Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Lime Container and Spatula

CultureSepik River peoples
Titles
  • Lime Container and Spatula
Date1900–1980
PlacePapua New Guinea
MediumWood and cassowary bone
Dimensions.A, Lime Container: 12 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (31.5 × 5.7 cm)
.B, Spatula: 14 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in. (36.3 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Segal-Maples Collection
Object number98.479.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceJerome Segal (1916–1999) and Robert Maples (d.1998) Collection, Houston, by 1998; given to MFAH, 1998.

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