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Lime Container
| Object Number: | 29-50-557A |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea Kambringi |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bamboo Wood Peel Pigment |
| Iconography: | Crocodile Hornbill |
| Length: | 77cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 404 - Other Number |
Description
Bamboo. For construction cf. 29-50-551. Bottom plug, hornbill and crocodile (head only of latter). Lime stick of bone; top carved in figure of bird. "Dance. Man's."
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Creating the Quid: Betel Chewing Paraphernalia from Asia and the Pacific (05 Apr 1997 - 31 Dec 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Linton, Ralph & Wingert, Paul S. 1946. Arts of the South Seas. : Page/Fig./Plate: 114 (right) | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Davidson, Daniel S. The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum. The University Museum Bulletin. 12 (3-4) : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 79, Fig. 16, right | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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