Container

Museum number:
11-38595
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2219
Description:
Cooking utensil of Casuarina bark; rarely used; used by women to steam small quantities of leafy vegetables and mushrooms (saves making cooking pit and keeps vegetables cleaner); used as food container in earth oven baking
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Angkruk village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian cultures
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Container, accession number 11-38595, described as Cooking utensil of Casuarina bark; rarely used; used by women to steam small quantities of leafy vegetables and mushrooms (saves making cooking pit and keeps vegetables cleaner); used as food container in earth oven bakingHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Container, accession number 11-38595, described as Cooking utensil of Casuarina bark; rarely used; used by women to steam small quantities of leafy vegetables and mushrooms (saves making cooking pit and keeps vegetables cleaner); used as food container in earth oven bakingHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Container, accession number 11-38595, described as Cooking utensil of Casuarina bark; rarely used; used by women to steam small quantities of leafy vegetables and mushrooms (saves making cooking pit and keeps vegetables cleaner); used as food container in earth oven bakingHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Container, accession number 11-38595, described as Cooking utensil of Casuarina bark; rarely used; used by women to steam small quantities of leafy vegetables and mushrooms (saves making cooking pit and keeps vegetables cleaner); used as food container in earth oven baking

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