Five Massim lime containers

£200 - £300

Five Massim lime containers
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
coconut shell, four with incised decoration and all with stoppers, two with tusks,
the highest 14cm,
a Papuan Gulf marupai charm, coconut with lime fill, 12.5cm long, and a Papuan Gulf carved coconut vessel / instrument, 14cm high. (12)

Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.