Tobacco Box
| Object Number: | P911 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kayan |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bamboo Wood Tobacco Plant Fiber Pigment |
| Height: | 26.987 cm |
| Width: | 5.715 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
| Other Number: | 23-2 - Other Number |
Description
Segment of bamboo, carved wooden stopper with bead and twisted fiber grip. Bands of incised and colored patterns, including paired leaves and stylized aso motifs. Tobacco inside. "Carved bamboo tobacco box, used by the Kayans to hold both tobacco and rolls of banana leaf, whereof cigarettes are made." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Furness, William H. 1902. The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters: Its Festivals and Folk-lore.. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: following p. 170 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. I, Plate 44, b (far left, top) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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