Description (Labels & Markings)
A small label attached to the stopper reads: 'Z 31643 / Solomon / Is.' on one side and 'Edgell 18' on the other.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 31643: 'Gourd container with lime inside, carved stopper.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
This object is listed in a letter sent by Reverend Edgell to the Museum, now in the archives (OA2/1/2) - it is listed as no.18: '1. Native box with lime inside from the Solomon Islands. It is made of a gourd & the people use lime to eat with their betel nut. Probably from Malanta [Malaita] or Bougotu [Bugotu] (Isabel Island).'
Event Date 12/1898
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Small oval gourd used as a lime container. The surface is undecorated. Carved wooden stopper. Lime still present inside.
Event Date 14/10/2015
Author: maa

Context (References)
Illustrated in Lucie Carreau. 2016. Collections from the Solomon Islands. Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13275, p.34.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
The carving of the stopper suggests that this may have been collected in the Santa Cruz Islands rather than Malaita or Ysabel.
Event Date 9/10/2025
Author: Lucie Carreau