Lime Gourd "Yobunu" & Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Feb 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1977
name: label: Collector
content: James F. Billipp
label: Donor Name
content: James F. Billipp
notes: label: Notes
content: SMOOTH GLOBULAR GOURD, AROUND STEM END OF WHICH DEVELOPS A THICK DISK OF LIME & SALIVA FROM A MAN'S ROLLING THE LIME STICK AROUND THE DISK AS HE TAKES LIME FROM A GOURD TO MIX WITH THE COCA THAT HE CHEWS. THIS ITEM HAS MUCH SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE TO THE MEN & IN THE CULTURE. GOURD W/STICK USED TO APPLY LIME WHEN MIXING IT WITH COCA.1977 FROM 15 YEAR-OLD GUTIERREZ VILLAFANA (BEFORE INITIATION, BUT HE WAS USING IT ANYWAY), OF SOGROME.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Colombia, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ika, E'Ku
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 348708
label: USNM Number
content: E422037-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lime Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21.3 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 2.8 cm