Gourd container for lime
- Museum number:
- 11-42706
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042706
- Alternate number:
- 66 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3562
- Description:
- lime gourd, elongated shape, brown with geometric pyroengraving; lime storage for use with betel
- Donor:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Collection place:
- Solomon Islands
- Culture or time period:
- Melanesian
- Collector:
- Caroline Mytinger
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Gourds (plant components) and Lime containers
- Function:
- 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
- Accession date:
- July 22, 1980
- Context of use:
- lime storage for use with betel
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- length 35 centimeters
- Images:
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