Container Item Number: C627 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A plain round orange-red gourd container (part a). The cylindrical coiled stopper (part b) has a woven cover of clock-wise pointing arrows on an open work weave. The rim of the stopper is a yellow, and brown checkered pattern.
History Of Use
For carrying lime used in betel-nut chewing
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ? before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- C627 a-b
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- gourd fruit, wood and grass ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- hollowed
- Part A
- height 14.9 cm, diameter 16.0 cm
- Part B
- height 5.7 cm, diameter 5.2 cm
- Overall
- height 17.8 cm, diameter 16.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/0975 a-b