Lime gourd

Museum number:
11-40186
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Lime gourd, round. Bead and mother-of-pearl pendants, attached to ends of hanging cord. Stopper: pig tusk is loose. Stopper: yellow orchid stem right twill , fern binding, 2 narrow rows of plain weave over broad 6/6 band of orchid stem; bottom row binding. Materials: Bottlegourd, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, tight 3- & 11-ply barkfiber cords. Fern fiber, orchid stem, lime. Used as container for lime, which is chewed with betel and areca nut. (See 11-40181) diam. - 9.5 cm., height - 13 cm.
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski and Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Fern (fiber), Glass (material) (beads), Mother of pearl, and Weft [reassign] (orchid stem)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gourds (plant components) and Lime containers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
diameter 9.5 centimeters and height 13 centimeters
Loans:
S1976-1977 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Lime gourd, accession number 11-40186, described as Lime gourd, round. Bead and mother-of-pearl pendants, attached to ends of hanging cord. Stopper: pig tusk is loose. Stopper: yellow orchid stem right twill , fern binding, 2 narrow rows of plain weave over broad 6/6 band of orchid stem; bottom row binding. Materials: Bottlegourd, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, tight 3- & 11-ply barkfiber cords. Fern fiber, orchid stem, lime. Used as container for lime, which is chewed with betel and areca nut. (See 11-40181) diam. - 9.5 cm., height - 13 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Lime gourd, accession number 11-40186, described as Lime gourd, round. Bead and mother-of-pearl pendants, attached to ends of hanging cord. Stopper: pig tusk is loose. Stopper: yellow orchid stem right twill , fern binding, 2 narrow rows of plain weave over broad 6/6 band of orchid stem; bottom row binding. Materials: Bottlegourd, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, tight 3- & 11-ply barkfiber cords. Fern fiber, orchid stem, lime. Used as container for lime, which is chewed with betel and areca nut. (See 11-40181) diam. - 9.5 cm., height - 13 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Lime gourd, accession number 11-40186, described as Lime gourd, round. Bead and mother-of-pearl pendants, attached to ends of hanging cord. Stopper: pig tusk is loose. Stopper: yellow orchid stem right twill , fern binding, 2 narrow rows of plain weave over broad 6/6 band of orchid stem; bottom row binding. Materials: Bottlegourd, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, tight 3- & 11-ply barkfiber cords. Fern fiber, orchid stem, lime. Used as container for lime, which is chewed with betel and areca nut. (See 11-40181) diam. - 9.5 cm., height - 13 cm.

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