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Lime can

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Thin elongated bone, incised with small geometrical designs. A string attaches what appears to be the lid of a container. According to the record 'c' should be a bamboo continer. Therefore, I think this is c with the container missing.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Lime can
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Depth: 0,2 cm
Width: 3,6 cm
Material/Technique
bone, cotton string, bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 9211 c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Indonesia
    Lesser Sunda Islands
    Southwest Timor
  • Collecting
    who
    Bastian, Adolf - Former Possessors
    J.G.F. Riedel (1832 - 1911) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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