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Vessel
Limestone chalk is an important ingredient for when chewing betel nuts and is therefore always carried about one's person. The chalk calabashes come with long spatulas for the purpose of extracting the chalk. Guests were offered the chalk containers as a gift. They are still in use today.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Diameter: 95.0 mm
Height: 215.0 mm
: 310.0 mm
Height: 215.0 mm
: 310.0 mm
Material/Technique
Pumpkin
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0469
Provenance and sources
when
31.07.1907
where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Manus (location/origin)
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