Container

Museum number:

11-37797

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

lime container, bamboo; pyroengraved incised designs, with curvilinear patterns predominant; two horizontal design bands separated by an open area; general trend if designs within these bands is spiral; tube partially crushed

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Aibom village, Lake Chambri, Middle Sepik River area, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Lime containers

Function:

5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania