RENNELL ISLAND LIME CONTAINER

Description

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick.

Provenance

Evan Thomas (printed label reads “#760”); Jean Eduard Carlier, Paris; Mark Blackburn, Hawaii. Published in Adrienne Kaeppler’s book Polynesia.

Dimensions

Container 10.6cm long; stick 14.6cm long.

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick, Tribal Art Gallery, Polynesian tribal art antiques and weapons gallery, 19ème siècle papua new guinea massue de guerre

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick, Tribal Art Gallery, Polynesian tribal art antiques and weapons gallery, 19ème siècle papua new guinea massue de guerre

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick, Tribal Art Gallery, Polynesian tribal art antiques and weapons gallery, 19ème siècle papua new guinea massue de guerre

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick, Tribal Art Gallery, Polynesian tribal art antiques and weapons gallery, 19ème siècle papua new guinea massue de guerre

19th century Rennell Island lime container and stick, Tribal Art Gallery, Polynesian tribal art antiques and weapons gallery, 19ème siècle papua new guinea massue de guerre