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Tobacco, flint and tinder container (kubon) - made from 2 tubes of +
Tobacco, flint and tinder container (kubon) - made from 2 tubes of +
Object Number 40-73-70/1940
Display Title Tobacco, flint and tinder container (kubon) - made from 2 tubes of +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kubon
Inventory Description Container, two bamboo tubes with bamboo lids, tubes and lids incised with linear and geometric designs, tubes tied together with rattan fiber, band of braided rattan fiber encircles each lid, endcaps of lids decorated with cowrie shells and mirrored glass fragments embedded in resin
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bokan Murut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms North Borneo; West Coast Residency; Keningau District; Kampong Pauh
Materials Bamboo , Cowrie , Glass , Resin , Rattan
Dimensions Overall: 40.3 × 8 × 4.4 cm (15 7/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-73-70/1940

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Tobacco, flint and tinder container (kubon) - made from 2 tubes of +
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