Rare Massim double figure lime spatula from Papua New Guinea
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Extremely rare Massim double figure lime spatula, Papua New Guinea, carved with twin seated figures with backs to each other, the limbs with interlocking scrolls, above an oval base, with zig-zag patterning, above a long and short bird and elongated blade, length 36 cm Sauvages Oceanie, Paris, 1930, ill.29. Newton, D., Massim: Art of the Massim area, New Guinea, Museum of primitive Art, New York, 1975, fig.18.
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- New Guinea tribal artefacts