Decorated lime gourd & wooden lime spatula. The gourd has a hole where the pedicel connects to the gourd, this hole is where the lime spatula enters the gourd. The surface of the gourd is pyro-engraved with a number of decorative designs. The decoration consist of plain scorched bands and linear pyro-decoration on outside.
Wooden lime knife pyro-decoration on the outside and sits inside the gourd.
Inside the Lime gourd is still present a quantity of lime .
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