Context (Production / use)
The two nuts that comprise the container are stuck together by heating them with warm breath. Leaves of nicotine are chewed and then spit out into bowl container containing sugar, and then put into dry part of container. Locally Made.
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1926 by Dr George Salt, zoologist among the Arhuaco (1926-1927). Salt was studying the banana fruit-​scarring beetle (Colaspis hyperchlora) while working for the Colombia Division of the United Fruit Company.
Event Date 1926
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Printed Accessions register noted 'CULTURAL AREA. Ethnic group: Kogi Indian. Cultural Group: Arhuaco Indian. Linguistic group: Arhuaco Indian'.


Event Date 1988
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Nicotine container made from two large calabashes.
Event Date 06/06/1988
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired by MAA on 18 May 1988.
Event Date 18/5/1988
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
Rachel Hand: 'Container made from 2 nuts, not large calabashes'.
Event Date 3/6/2000
Author: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Calabazal. Nicotine container made from two nuts with holes cut into one end; nuts slot into each other to create a container with a lid.
Event Date 17/6/2021
Author: Sam Daisley