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Bamboo lime container with incised designs and carved wooden bird +
Bamboo lime container with incised designs and carved wooden bird +
Object Number 47-73-70/2829
Display Title Bamboo lime container with incised designs and carved wooden bird +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Jar, lime container, bamboo tube with bird shaped carved stopper, fiber and feat
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tambanum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Tambonum
Materials Wood, Bamboo, Vegetable fiber, Feather, Pigment, Organic
Dimensions Overall: 68 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm (26 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2829; L59

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