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THBCarved Lime Spatula
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LiveNov 16, 2021
Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people. Willow Auction House jill@willowauctionhouse.com
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Lime Spatula, made of fine bone with carved crown at top, and decorated with fine red rattan weave, (trade) beads and plastic ring, shell, dogs tooth.
Please refer to the photographs in this collection, women wearing this behind her ear.
A similar item is held at the Ethnologisches Museum zu Berlin, Nr. VI53536, attributed to the 1912-1913 Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss Expedition to the Sepik region. It is labeled "Kalkspatel" (lime spatula).
Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Cassowary or bat bone, beads, plastic ring, shell, dog's tooth
Dimensions: L 13"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux CollectionSimilar items:
Ethnologisches Museum zu Berlin, Nr. VI53536
http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=1717897&viewType=detailViewCornette de Saint Cyr, Paris 2002
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