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Object Number 17-24-70/D867
Display Title Lime holder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, cylindrical, bands of light and dark wood, incised geometric patterns, tapered lid
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 226 × 44 × 44 mm (8 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-867

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