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Tube for lime for betel nut chewing
Object Number 06-20-70/66628
Display Title Tube for lime for betel nut chewing
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tube, hollow wood, red pigment, woven cane bands on each end, wadded plant fiber inside
Classification
  • Tube
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Igorot: Bontoc?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon
Materials Wood Pigment Cane Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 11.3 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm (4 7/16 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66628

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