Lime Container
29-50-552A
From: New Guinea | Yamanum
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-552A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Yamanum |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Peel | Pigment |
| Iconography | Crocodile | Cock |
| Description | Lime container. Joint of bamboo, with septum pierced at one end to admit lime stick. Bottom end is truncated cone, with ring of plaited rattan peel. Said to be man's tube, used in the dance. |
| Length | 75.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 403 - Other Number |
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