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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.
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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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