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3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME
3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME

3 PIECES, 2 BETEL NUT HABIT PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS + 1 DISPLAY STAND: OLD ETHNIC BALINESE LIME GOURD (MID 1900’S) WITH NICE HAND PAINTED TRADITIONAL MOTIFS DISPLAYED ON A PURPOSELY AGED CUSTOM STAND + A BUFFALO BONE & WOOD POUNDER OR PESTLE TO CRUSH LIME

ITEM 1G0: 3 PIECES

1 VERY OLD GOURD FROM KAU CITY, BALI.

1 AGED METAL CUSTOM STAND

1 BETEL-LIME HAND MADE PESTLE (BONE & WOOD) 5” TALL, INDONESIA.

THESE VERY OLD ETHNIC PRIMITIVE LIME GOURDS ARE VERY RARE AND HARD TO LOCATE: THIS ONE, FROM KAU VILLAGE, NOT FAR FROM KLUNGKUK, WAS COLLECTED IN BALI A LONG TIME AGO AND BARES TRADITIONAL MOTIFS OF ANIMALS (GECKO, MYTHICAL BEAST & FLOWERS). IT WAS HAND CARVED, HAND ETCHED AND HAND COLORED & IS AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD. IT HAS 2 AGE CRACKS, ONE OF THEM IS LONG BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE GOURD IS STILL ABSOLUTELY SOLID. THERE IS ALSO A HOLE IN THE GOURD, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE POUNDING OF THE PESTLE DURING USE. THERE ARE ALSO 2 PURPOSEFUL TINY HOLES ON TOP, FROM WHICH A HAND TWISTED TWINE USED TO PASS THROUGHT, SO THE OWNER COULD WEAR THE GOURD ATTACHED TO HIS BELT. LATER, AFTER THE HOLE WAS CREATED, THE GOURD WAS ONLY USED TO STORE BETEL NUTS. AT LEAST, THAT IS THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED.

SIZE APPROXIMATELY: 6” x  5” AND STAND ALONE IS 7” X 5”. PLACED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, THE DISPLAY BECOMES 11” TALL. THE POUNDER ITSELF IS 5” TALL AND WAS HAND CRAFTED AS WELL.

Betel chewing, mixed with lime, (produced by heating shells) is a central part of life in Indonesia and the nearby Islands as well. The powdered mineral lime is chewed with betel nut.  Alkaloids are released from the combination producing a mildly intoxicating effect.  Children even start chewing when they are a few years of age. Betel chewing is a light stimulant which reduces hunger pangs and produces a feeling of good humor, well- being, and an increased capacity for work. The utensils used for storing and chewing consist of lime containers, mortar and pestles to crush the betel nuts and lime spatulas that convey the lime to the mouth. All these items are decorated, the finest however being the work done on spatulas and gourds.  Some spatulas carry representations of highly stylized human figures, plants, or animals, and gourds are etched with motifs. Great care is taken in the time consuming designs and details which represent the owner’s status.

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