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Object Number
96-25-70/49420
Display Title
Gourd chunam or lime receptacles
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd chunam or lime receptacles
Inventory Description
Jar, lime gourd, incised zig zag design on neck, wood spatula, feather tassle
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Moresby district
Materials
Gourd, Wood, Feather, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 52.4 x 4.5 x 4.6 cm (20 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
96-25-70/49420
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-25-70/49418 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Gourd
|
Papua New Guinea
|
| 96-25-70/49417 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Gourd
|
Trobriand
|
| 96-25-70/49419 | Gourd chunam or lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
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
|
| 88-51-10/48076 | Gourd receptacles |
Jar
|
Arizona
|
| 08-36-70/74311 | Lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya |
| 08-36-70/74307 | Lime receptacles |
Bottle
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto |
| 13-24-60/84883 | "chunam" lime box |
Box
|
Assam
|
| 14-29-70/85740 | Decorated gourd lime receptacle |
Gourd
|
Papua New Guinea
|
| 99-1-70/52222 | Chunam or lime box of bamboo, engraved |
Container
Raw Material |
Isabel Island?
|
| 18-20-70/D1241 | Gourd receptacle for lime |
Container
|
Papua New Guinea
|