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A bamboo lime container, Solomon Islands, late 19th century;…
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Sydney
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17-Aug-2015
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A bamboo lime container, Solomon Islands, late 19th century; carved from two perfect fitting pieces of bamboo, finely incised with bands of designs and traces of black infill, together with a part of a another similar container (top only). Provenance: B. L. Hornshaw collection (1878-1937); Hornshaw was an avid collector of Pacific and Australian Aboriginal artefacts, he received many of his pieces from people who lived and worked in the Pacific in the late 19th century. 19 cm, 7.5 cm (2)
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Tribal: S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific