HAND CARVED ETHNIC TRIBAL COCONUT WATER DRINKING SPOON WITH “FESTOON” OR SCALLOP BORDER MOTIF ON HANDLE FROM THE MID 1900’S.

OLD VERY RARE UNIQUE HAND CARVED SCARCE ETHNIC TRIBAL COLLECTOR SPOON, ONCE HAND CARVED OUT OF A SMALL COCONUT SHELL & USED, LONG AGO, TO EAT, DRINK OUT OF, OR TO SCOOP WHITE LIME POWDER IN OR OUT OF A CONTAINER AFTER IT HAD BEEN CRUSHED DOWN.

NICE SAW TOOTH FESTOON OR SCALLOPS ON EACH SIDE OF THE HANDLE. COLLECTED IN LATE 1900’S BUT MUCH OLDER FROM MID 1900’S:  COMPLETELY HANDCRAFTED, IN THE PAST, BY NATIVE (FROM SOUTH SEAS’ TAMI ISLAND, HUON GULF) FOR HIS OWN USE.

TAMI ISLAND GROUP, EXTREME EASTERN END OF HUON GULF, MOROBE PROVINCE. SOUTH SEAS ISLANDS, P.N.G, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ITEM SP5C

IN GENERAL, IT WAS USED TO  EAT, DRINK AND SCOOP LIME POWDER OUT OF A CONTAINER IN ORDER TO MIX IT WITH THE BETEL NUT CHEW.

I saw one for sale, onc, on ebay for 250.00 dollars. IT IS VERY RARE.

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