FIVE MASSIM LIME-SPATULAS: two with clapper finials, another with pierced finial carved with scrolls, from Louisiades, another with the finial carved as a stylised bird's head with incised scrolls, the last with rectangular finial carved with scrolls, heightened with lime, 18.5cm. to 38cm. long; and five New Guinea spoons, each with coconut bowl, one with the handle carved with three masks below the head finial, each about 50cm. long (10)

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FIVE MASSIM LIME-SPATULAS: two with clapper finials, another with pierced finial carved with scrolls, from Louisiades, another with the finial carved as a stylised bird's head with incised scrolls, the last with rectangular finial carved with scrolls, heightened with lime, 18.5cm. to 38cm. long; and five New Guinea spoons, each with coconut bowl, one with the handle carved with three masks below the head finial, each about 50cm. long (10)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers. The first three formerly Calvert Collection, acquired Stevens', 1897, the others acquired W.D. Webster, 1897 and 1898 (nos. 2236 and 1054).

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