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Lime gourd
Object Number 11-2-70/83885
Display Title Lime gourd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Jar, gourd with cylindrical fiber wrapped stopper, burnt curvilinear designs
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Materials Gourd, Vegetable fiber, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 13.5 x 13.8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 83885
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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