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Lime Container Stopper

Iatmul, 1867-1899

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Lime Container Stopper

Iatmul, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, L. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.50
Presumably from perm AAAPI installation 1984-2012: "Lime is burned and powdered shell or coral which, when chewed with the seed of the areca palm. produces a nicotine-like stimulus. Lime containers and their stoppers can be made of bamboo segments, gourds, or other materials. They can be plain or ornamented with incising, pyrography, pigments, plaited fibers, and shells. Stoppers may be decorated with elaborate finials."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 26. cat no. 50.

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