Lime knife
- Made:
- 1871-1925 in Papua New Guinea
Lime knife, made of carved bone stained with betel nut, decorated with broken string of beads, pearl shells and nuts, from New Guinea, 1871-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A114443
- Materials:
- bone, shell, thread, fibre, beads, glass and nut
- Measurements:
-
blade: length 194 mm
maximum: width 14 mm
- type:
- lime knives
- credit:
- Sotheby's
