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Attachment of a lime container

Lid for a betel chalk container. At the end of the initiation cycle, the young initiates were given sumptuously adorned containers with which they then presented themselves to the public in the village square.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Plastik
Dimensions
Width: 170.0 mm
Height: 470.0 mm
Depth: 80.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Plant fibre, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2037

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    10.03.1954
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Sepik (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    who
    Privatbesitz - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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