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Calabash for lime
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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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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Kalebasse
Dimensions
Pumpkin: 27 cm long diameter approx. 6 cm; stick: L 25.5 cm diameter approx. 0.7 cm
Material/Technique
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)
Linden-Museum: 103048
2171

Provenance and sources

when
before 1917
where
Papua-Neuguinea

when
before 1917
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Kolonialmuseum Berlin - Owners

when
1917
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
Description
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.

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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