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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
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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| 40-73-70/1941 | Tobacco, flint and tinder container (kubon) - made from 2 tubes of + |
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