Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 84

Five Massim lime containers

Estimate £200 - £300

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Description

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.