Lime Container
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: OBLONG SHAPED GOURD WITH 6 CM BAND OF ORANGE PIGMENTATION AROUND THE MIDDLE; REMAINDER OF PIECE, TOP AND BOTTOM HAVE COWRIE SHELLS EMBEDDED IN CLAY/MUD MIXTURE; GOURD IS HOLLOW WITH A CARVED BONE USED AS A STICK TO GET THE LIME OUT. NOTE: ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME KIND OF CARRYING STRAP AROUND THE MIDDLE, SO ONE COULD WALK AND CARRY THE CONTAINER UPRIGHT. YELLOW SQUARE OF TAPE ON OBJECT. LIME IS USED AS AN ACCOMPANIMENT TO BETEL NUT. (CATHERINE RHODES, CATALOGUER, 1996).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427269-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 12 cm