Lime pin surmounted by a cassowary carved from a cassowary bone. Lake Chambri was a center for the production of lime boxes and their spatulas exported throughout the Sepik Valley. Lake Chambri area, Sepik, Papua New Guinea Casoar bone, beautiful patina of use. H. 37 cm Provenance : - Maurice Bonnefoy in the 1960s - London Auction Room, 2013