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Calabash for lime
The hollow pumpkin calabash was used to store lime (which is necessary for eating betel nuts). It can be filled through a hole in the top, which is closed by a wooden stick.
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- Data Provider
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Kalebasse
- Dimensions
- Pumpkin: 27 cm long diameter approx. 6 cm; stick: L 25.5 cm diameter approx. 0.7 cm
- Material/Technique
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gourds (plant components), wood (plant material)
carved
- Object genre
- vessel
- Current location
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Inventory number
- JGU ES 2171
- Other number(s)
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Linden-Museum: 103048 (Old inventory number)
2171 (Old inventory number)
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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before 1917
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where
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Papua-NeuguineaNeuguineaMelanesienOzeanienPazifik
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Change of physical control:
Not clarified-
when
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before 1917
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where
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Papua-NeuguineaNeuguineaMelanesienOzeanienPazifik
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who
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Kolonialmuseum Berlin - Owners
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Change of physical control:
Purchase-
when
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1917
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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Parts of the Berlin Colonial Museum's holdings (totalling 3,342 objects) were sold to the Linden Museum in Stuttgart in 1917 after the museum was closed.
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Change of physical control:
Exchange-
when
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15.12.1971
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).
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Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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