Wooden lime continer - used in puberty ceremony – Objects

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Object Number 36-105-70/467

Display Title Wooden lime continer - used in puberty ceremony

Descriptions

Inventory Description Container, bamboo base with feather end, carved bird stopper painted designs

Classification

Tube

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory; Ramu River

Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Feather, Bamboo

Dimensions Overall: 40.8 x 25.5 x 22 cm (16 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 36-105-70/467

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	36-105-70/457	Lime container of wood and bamboo - used in puberty ceremony	Jar	New Guinea
Image Not Available for Lime container of wood and bamboo- used in puberty ceremony	36-105-70/456	Lime container of wood and bamboo- used in puberty ceremony		New Guinea
Image Not Available for Lime container of wood and bamboo- used in puberty ceremony	36-105-70/455	Lime container of wood and bamboo- used in puberty ceremony		New Guinea
	36-105-70/486	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the holiest of objects. Also consulted in case of war.	Staff	New Guinea
	976-61-30/9984A	Gourd continer for lime.	Raw Material Container	Colombia
	36-105-70/464	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +	Spear	New Guinea
Media Restricted	36-105-70/487	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the +	Staff Shaft, modified	New Guinea
Media Restricted	36-105-70/488	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the +	Shaft, modified Staff	New Guinea
	36-105-70/462	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony	Sculpture	New Guinea
	36-105-70/463	Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +	Spear	New Guinea
	36-105-70/430	Trumpet (kakar) used in puberty ceremony	Tools	New Guinea
	36-105-70/452	Headdress used in puberty ceremonies, made of tapa, fur, cotton cloth +	Headdress	New Guinea

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