Object Number | P499B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kelabit |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Peel | Plant Fiber |
Description | One of two small, cylindrical wooden boxes with lids identified by Furness in The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters as "a pair of wooden tobacco boxes, probably made by a Kelabit." Tunkin. Tabacco inside. Lid attached to box with plant fiber cord. Engraved floral patterns. |
Length | 15.2 cm |
Width | 4.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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