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