Lime gourd, lime covering, tusk handle

Museum number:
11-42707a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
87 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Lime gourd and stopper; gourd decorated with brown vertical bands and scroll pattern; stopper of fiber with woven fiber covering, tusk handle, yellow and brown. Gourd broken. length - 19.0 cm., diam. - 31.0 cm. Gourd, fiber, tusk. Storage of lime for betel.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Dobu Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea
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:
Storage of lime for betel.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters and diameter 31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Lime gourd, lime covering, tusk handle, accession number 11-42707a,b, described as Lime gourd and stopper; gourd decorated with brown vertical bands and scroll pattern; stopper of fiber with woven fiber covering, tusk handle, yellow and brown. Gourd broken. length - 19.0 cm., diam. - 31.0 cm. Gourd, fiber, tusk. Storage of lime for betel.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Lime gourd, lime covering, tusk handle, accession number 11-42707a,b, described as Lime gourd and stopper; gourd decorated with brown vertical bands and scroll pattern; stopper of fiber with woven fiber covering, tusk handle, yellow and brown. Gourd broken. length - 19.0 cm., diam. - 31.0 cm. Gourd, fiber, tusk. Storage of lime for betel.

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