Container Item Number: C1092 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A light brown oblong cylindrical-like gourd (part a) with a rounded bottom and flat cut off at the opposite end all decorated with a dark geometric design outside. There is a long flat tapering point (part b) which has a string attached through a hole at the rounded end. Carved dark handle on lid.
History Of Use
For lime
Item History
- Made in Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1930
- Owned by Nina Burnett-Potts before 1953
- Received from Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor) during 1953
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- C1092 a-b
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- tortoise shell, cork wood, gourd fruit and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and burned
- Part A
- height 14.0 cm, diameter 6.0 cm
- Part B
- height 17.3 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 0.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1930 and before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair