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Lime spatula, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, traces of lime
26.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm (10 1/2 x 1 x 1/2 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.170

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by J. Viot in 1929. Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #562, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 184.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This spatula topped by a male figure was Douglas Newton's favorite object in the Bouchard Collection. Many lime sticks are undecorated. Those carved in the shape of a human figure were, like chisels and knives, restricted to their use (see previous entry)." (Catalog #562, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 184.) 1992 - Kooijman and Hoogerbrugge in Greub, 1992: 123, pl. 95, right.

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