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The limestone chalk used when chewing betel nuts is stored and transported in ornate chalk calabashes of this kind. Chalk residues are still present. The meaning of the patterns is no longer known.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Höhe: 220.0 mm, Durchmesser: 100.0 mm, Umfang: 310.0 mm
Material/Technique
Pumpkin
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0468

Provenance and sources

when
1900 - 1910

when
1911

where
Manus (location/origin)
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Werber, Paul - Collectors

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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