Container Item Number: C109 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A plain round orange-red container made from a gourd. The stopper is rolled bark with a woven grass design around the sides of yellow and brown vertical zig zags and a carved head finial at the top. The head is carved with circular eyes, a nose from which radial grooved lines go along, and a notched mouth. A string goes through two holes opposite each other around the sides of the gourd.
History Of Use
For lime
Item History
- Made in Papua, Indonesia before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- West Papuan
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua, Indonesia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2191/0529