Rare lime gourd used by the medicine men. See for a very similar example collected during the voyage of La Korrigane, and now in the collection of the Musée du Quai Branly (Inv. 71.1962. 1.11). Chambri Lakes region, Eastern Province, Papua New Guinea Calabash, resin, vegetable fibers, nassa and cowrie shells, mother-of-pearl, small accidents and missing pieces, beautiful patina. L. : 44 cm Provenance : - P. de Dood Collection, Holland - Collection R.& A. Noortman, castle De Groote Mot, Holland - Sale Sotheby's, December 2007