Superb Old New Guinea Incised Bamboo Lime Containers & Lime Spatulas, Keram River East Sepik Province Papua New Guinea

Two Superb Old New Guinea Incised Bamboo Lime Containers & Lime Spatulas from the Keram River area East Sepik Province Papua New Guinea

These finely incised large Bamboo Lime Containers are almost certainly from Kambot Village in the Kerem River area, incised over the entire surface with the mythological Ancestor Figures, Bird Women & Totemic Birds & Crocodiles.

These are not just for Ceremonial Lime & Betel Chewing but they are percussion rasps or musical instruments that make a unique sound. The Lime Spatula have incised rings along its length that when moving the Spatula in or out of the Bamboo make a percussion sound that is attributed to Ancestral Spirits.

Used in the Ceremonial House Tambaran which is restricted to initiated men, the Ceremonial Houses serve as the venue for nearly all important male religious rites – such as initiation rites for young boys – and at other times function as meeting houses or informal gathering places.

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Provenance: Collected in the 1960s

The Todd Barlin Collection of New Guinea Oceanic Art

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