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Bamboo lime container - filled
Bamboo lime container - filled
Object Number 47-73-70/10871
Display Title Bamboo lime container - filled
Descriptions
Object Description Bamboo lime container - filled
Inventory Description Container, bamboo, incised curvilinear designs, fiber band, plug with hole at one end, powdered lime
Classification
  • Tube
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Tambonum
Materials Bamboo , Fiber , Lime
Dimensions Overall: 36.6 × 4.6 × 4.7 cm (14 7/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/10871; L-288

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