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Object Number
998-22-70/5800
Display Title
Tobacco container or lime holder
Descriptions
Object Description
Three-piece tobacco container or lime holder. Top (b): woven cotton in multicolor diamond design, edged in machine-made red cotton fabric, over plaited multi-directional (hexagonal) palm leaf basketry frame. Bottom (a): woven cotton in multicolor diamond design and machine-made flowered blue cotton fabric, edged in machine-made red cotton fabric, over plaited hexagonal basketry frame. Inner container (c) (removable): yellow, green, white, red and blue glass beads in diamond pattern on cotton thread over hollow wood base with plug in end; at top is coin, Edward VII King & Emperor, and two long strands of pastel glass beads
Inventory Description
Case, cylindrical, beaded inner core, cloth covered plant fiber, two part case
Classification
- Case
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1969-1970 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Indonesia
/
<State>
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Timor
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 5.5 x 5 cm (4 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Monni Adams
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Monni Adams
(1969-1970 - 12/18/98)
Donor
Dr. Monni Adams
(1969-1970 - 12/18/98)
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