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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
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Plastik
Dimensions
Breite: 170.0 mm, Höhe: 470.0 mm, Tiefe: 80.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2037

Provenance and sources

when
10.03.1954

where
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Sepik (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
who
Privatbesitz - Collectors

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