Lime gourd, oval; red and white bead, black banana seed, wood and shell pendants suspended from ends of hanging cord and stopper: one pendant is small open-work wooden carving- bird motif- likely the finial of a lime spatula; stopper- brown fiber wrap and top row binding; yellow orchid stem weft in reversing twill. Contains lime; Diameter 9.4 cm, height 14 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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Lime containers
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)