Lime Container

29-50-556A

From: New Guinea | Tambunum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-556A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Peel | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Iconography Crocodile | Hornbill
Description

Lime container. Joint of bamboo, with septum pierced at one end to admit lime stick. Bottom plug, hornbill and crocodile. "Dance."

Length 73 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 205 - Other Number

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