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Bamboo lime container - filled
Object Number 47-73-70/2826
Display Title Bamboo lime container - filled
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, bamboo, incised curvilinear designs, braided rattan band, plug with hole at one end, powdered lime
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Tambonum
Materials Bamboo , Rattan , Wood , Lime
Dimensions Overall: 33.8 × 5 × 5.3 cm (13 5/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2826; L-60

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