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Object Number
976-61-30/9986A
Display Title
Lime gourd or spatula
Descriptions
Object Description
Very large gourd container for lime. This has a huge well formed accretion around its neck, suggesting many years of use.
Inventory Description
Gourd container, round body with disc shaped neck with wooden stick.
Classification
- Container
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1961
Culture
- Arhuaco
- Iku
- Chibcha
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Southern corner of
Materials
Gourd, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 24.5 x 10.6 x 10.5 cm (9 5/8 x 4 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
976-61-30/9986.a.; 7
Provenance
Collector
James Billipp
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Container
Raw Material |
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| 976-61-30/9981A | Gourd container for lime (yo'buru or poporo) |
Raw Material
Container |
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Santa Marta | |
| 976-61-30/9983A | Gourd container for lime with well shaped and maintained head of accretion. |
Container
Raw Material |
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| |
| 976-61-30/9980A | Gourd container for lime |
Raw Material
Container |
Colombia
| |
|
| 976-61-30/9982B | Gourd container for lime or yo'buru or poporo. |
Tools
Raw Material |
Sogrome
| |
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| 976-61-30/9981B | Gourd container for lime (yo'buru or poporo). |
Tools
Raw Material |
Santa Marta
Donachui | |
| 976-61-30/9983B | Gourd container for lime with well shaped and maintained head of accretion. |
Tools
|
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| |
| 41-80-30/7843 | Small dumbbell-shaped gourd container (poporo); used to hold lime when+ |
Container
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Colombia
| |
| 2003.22.3 | Gourd lime container |
Container
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| 976-61-30/9985A | Tiny gourd container for lime. |
Container
Raw Material |
Sogrome
| |
| 976-61-30/9984A | Gourd continer for lime. |
Raw Material
Container |
Colombia
| |
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