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Calabash for lime
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The calabash is used to store lime (used for the consumption of the pray), it can be filled through the opening (filled with shell fragments, tortoiseshell, coix lacrimae and seeds), the rod serves as a closure and for retrieving the lime (through ring-shaped notches)

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Kalebasse
Dimensions
Kürbis: L 44, 5 cm D max. 5 cm; Stab: L 62 cm D max. 1 cm
Material/Technique
gourds (plant components), Grass seed, tortoise shell, cowrie shell, wood (plant material)
carved, glued
Object genre
vessel
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2091
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 92496
2091

Provenance and sources

when
before 1912
where
Sepik-Region

where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners

when
1912/13
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Berliner Sepik-Expedition 1912/13 - Owners

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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