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Object Number
96-25-70/49419
Display Title
Gourd chunam or lime receptacles
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd chunam or lime receptacles
Inventory Description
Spherical gourd, burnt incised curvilinear designs, cylindrical fiber stopper, stopper covered with woven yellow and brown plant fiber
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Trobriand Islands
Materials
Gourd , Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 21 × 16 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49419
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-25-70/49418 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Gourd
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49417 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Gourd
|
Trobriand
| |
| 96-25-70/49420 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Jar
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 08-36-70/74304 | Lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 96-25-70/49419.1 | Gourd containers, cylindrical woven fiber plugs, burned curvilinear designs, tus |
Gourd
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 08-36-70/74307 | Lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 08-36-70/74311 | Lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 88-51-10/48076 | Gourd receptacles |
Jar
|
Arizona
| |
| 14-29-70/85740 | Decorated gourd lime receptacle |
Gourd
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 13-24-60/84883 | "chunam" lime box |
Box
|
Assam
| |
| 11-2-70/83885 | Lime gourd |
Jar
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 99-1-70/52222 | Chunam or lime box of bamboo, engraved |
Container
Raw Material |
Isabel Island?
|