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lime container
UnknownBefore 1900
Horniman Museum and Gardens
London, United Kingdom
Lime gourd of globular shape and elongated spout. The gourd is enmeshed in a net of cordage to which are attached several vertebrae and half cowries.
Details
- Title: lime container
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: Before 1900
- Vendor: W.Backett
- Physical Dimensions: w266 x hoverall mm (Complete)
- Acquisition: New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
- Provenance: Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Type: Antropology: Health and Healing
- Rights: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/footer/terms-and-conditions
- External Link: Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Medium: gourd; cowrie shell; bone; string
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