Middle Sepik River Lime Gourd
Middle Sepik River Lime Gourd, long gourd decorated with nassa and cowrie shells pressed into a mud paste; with a cassowary bone lime stick, with bird head and long nassa shell appendages, the pendant strands comprised of bird vertebrae, fiber, and buttons, lg. of gourd 12, lg. of lime stick 14 1/2 in.
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Middle Sepik River Lime Gourd, long gourd decorated with nassa and cowrie shells pressed into a mud paste; with a cassowary bone lime stick, with bird head and long nassa shell appendages, the pendant strands comprised of bird vertebrae, fiber, and buttons, lg. of gourd 12, lg. of lime stick 14 1/2 in.