Lime Container Item Number: 1461/2 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A complete coconut nutshell with a wooden stopper on top and two holes through which goes a fibre string handle that has a metal nail pinned through it. The design consists of dotted cirles in a row on a horizontal white band in the middle of the coconut nutshell from which five equally spaced vertical bands with a zig zag pattern go up to a horizontal line near the top. The wood stopper has a row in the middle inlaid with side-by-side x-shapes of mother of pearl shell.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before December 12, 1990
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) on December 12, 1990
What
- Name
- Lime Container
- Identification Number
- 1461/2 a-b
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- coconut nutshell, wood, mother of pearl shell and fibre
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 13.0 cm
- Part A
- height 15.0 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 13.0 cm
- Part B
- height 6.0 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 2.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 12, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on December 12, 1990
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1461/0002 a-b