LIme Spatula - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99843 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Areca catechu | Entry Book Number | 13.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | LIme Spatula | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Papua New Guinea | TDWG Region | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Parts Held | LIme Spatula | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | LIme SpatulaUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haynes, B. J. | Donor No | 226 | ||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | 226 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | This spatula is part of the betel nuts chewing pastime in Papua New Guinea. In order to remove the lime powder out of the lime container, the user would lick the spatula and dip it in the lime container, where the powder would stick to it. x0Dx0ASee: www.horn, iman.ac.uk/object/1971.689 | ||||