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Container for betel lime

The box is closed at the bottom by a bamboo knot, at the top there are two rounded extensions, which probably carried the former closure of the box, it is decorated with circular ornamental engravings

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Behälter
Dimensions
H 28 cm D 5,2 cm
Material/Technique
bamboo (material)
carved, engraved
Object genre
vessel
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2085
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 6915a
2085

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899
where
Berlin Harbour
Description
Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Berlinhafen

when
before 1899
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Baessler, Arthur - Owners

when
1899
where
Stuttgart

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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