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Object Number
2004.24.18209
Display Title
Three lime spatulas
Descriptions
Object Description
Three Lime spatulas. Vakuta, Trobriands area. British Museum. New Guinea. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4 cf Frith, Art and Life in New Guinea. page 56 (Peabody Museum). Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Keywords
- Studio
- Ethnographic
- Household
Subject
- Spatula
- Decorative
- Lime
Department
Photographic
Artist
Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Trobriand Islands
/
<State>
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Vakuta Island
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.18208 | Lime spatula handle |
Trobriand Islands
| ||
| 2004.24.18210 | Handles of spatula with bird's head motif |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.24.18211 | Two spatulae handles from the Trobriands |
Trobriand Islands
| ||
| 2004.24.18206 | Portion of dancing shield |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.24.18205 | Decorative dancing shield |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.24.18212 | Decorative canoe prow board |
Trobriand Islands
| ||
| 2004.24.18207 | Decorative head of staff |
Trobriand Islands
| ||
| 38-74-70/938 | Bone spatulas |
Utilized bone
|
Sampoeng Cave
| |
| 38-74-70/939 | Fragment of bone spatulas |
Utilized bone
|
Sampoeng Cave
| |
| 29-76-50/H1165 | Spatulas, blade knives |
Paddle
|
Liberia
| |
| 48-44-10/34276 | Bone spatulas |
Utilized bone
|
Bat Cave
| |
| 48-44-10/34147 | Bone spatulas |
Perforator
|
Bat Cave
|