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Lime container with incised design
Object Number 2018.8.3.1
Display Title Lime container with incised design
Descriptions
Object Description Bamboo lime container with incised design of repeating design bands; contains remnants of powdered lime
Inventory Description Container, bamboo tube, fitted top with three carved notches, engraved with eleven triangular and stripe bands, material inside
Classification
  • Tube
Department Ethnographic
Date 1968 or earlier
Culture
  • Solomon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Malaita
Materials Bamboo , Lime
Dimensions Other: 21 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm (8 1/4 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.8.3.1
Credit Line Gift of Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Anthropological and Medical Expedition to the Solomon Islands, 1968
Provenance
Collector Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (1968)
Donor Donated by Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD (3/29/18)

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