Betel Pouch
29-50-569
From: Vogumash | New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-50-569 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Vogumash | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Plant Fiber | Shell | Tusk | Hair |
Description | Of netting, containing clam shell. Ornamented with 5 split boar's tusks and cord-like tresses of human hair. For a man. |
Length | 7.7 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
Other Number | 412 - Other Number |
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