Cane storage tube

Museum number:
16-9323a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21169323a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.1603
Description:
a) Hollow cane lime storage tube (contains lime) 10½ inches long; b) feathered rod used to collect lime in small quantities to be licked off and chewed with coca leaves; Macaw feathers attached to end with pitch; 14 inches long.
Donor:
Harold M. Davis and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Madre de Dios Region, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Harold M. Davis
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1962
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cane storage tube, accession number 16-9323a,b, described as a) Hollow cane lime storage tube (contains lime) 10½ inches long; b) feathered rod used to collect lime in small quantities to be licked off and chewed with coca leaves; Macaw feathers attached to end with pitch; 14 inches long.

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