Older Ethnic handcarved buffalo bone & wood lime Container representing a protective ancestor + hand carved pestle, Sirih Bone & wood Pounder called Pelacok, used to crush the betel nut for comsumption, collected from Lombok, Indonesia (both late 1900’s)

Older Ethnic one of a kind (hand carved out of buffalo bone and wood) lime Container representing an ancestor meant to protect the owner, also included is  a hand carved pestle, a Sirih Bone & wood Pounder called Pelacok, used to crush the betel nut for comsumption, collected from Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia (both late 1900’s). (NO 3 LOMBOK). 2 wonderful older items to add to any Betel habit collection: Collected from the Sasak people  of Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. LOOK AT PHOTOS CAREFULLY TO BE SATISFIED, CONDITION IS CLEARLY SEEN. ALL GOOD TOO. The male carving was once used to store lime powder, mixed fwith betel nut to obtain a high. The torso opens as a lid and there is a cavity inside but I could not separate them just now, I did not want to put too much strength on the lid so I stopped trying, it moved but did not separate, wood plug may have expanded. Better that way, as sometimes the stoppers are too loose and fall off. 10” tall including the tuff