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Lime spatula

The upper part of the lime spatula is decorated with a bird (parrot?) decorated. High-ranking people used such spatulas or spoons to extract lime from small bottles while chewing dried coca leaves. lime from small bottles while chewing dried coca leaves, which better dissolved the stimulating alkaloid (Cl. alkaloid better (Clados). See RJM 60486

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Object type
spatulas (general tools)
Dimensions
67 x 76 x 16 mm
Material/Technique
Metal
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32362
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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