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Object Number 14-29-70/85740
Display Title Decorated gourd lime receptacle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourd container, round, cylindrical fiber plug with woven cover, curvilinear des
Classification
  • Gourd
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 15.3 x 15.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85740
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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