Lime gourd

Museum number:

11-37798

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

lime gourd; hollowed gourd has upper surface incised with curvilinear designs and a human face on each side; soil or other pigment rubbed into incised areas

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Kararau village, Middle Sepik River, East Sepik Province

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Taxon:

Cucurbitaceae

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Lime containers

Function:

5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania

Loans:

S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)