Lime Container
84-2-84A
From: New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Keram River | Kambot
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-84A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Keram River | Kambot |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo |
Description | Joint of bamboo, with incised decoration including three human figures, band of circles around top, band of arcs around bottom. Incised carving blackened. Several cracks. Wood stick, notched for most of length, with, at top, a small human figure surmounted by a bird. Stick passes through center of a small round disc, which serves as lid for container. |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
Other Number | 78 (container) - Other Number | 757 (disc) - Other Number |
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