Accession No
1927.1562
Description
Box - Small bamboo lime box - engraved with geometric designs. No join as in large ones but a hole at top for insertion and obtaining lime. The hole passes through a piece of shell fixed in top.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Armitage Collection; Armitage.B.W.F [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1927.1562
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo; Shell; lime
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Small bamboo lime box - engraved with geometric designs. No join as in large ones but a hole at top for insertion and obtaining lime. The hole passes through a piece of shell fixed in top.
Event Date 8/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:264937
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