Lime container
Title
Lime container
Description
Round lime container made of bamboo with colored tendril ornaments ("haalate", "aliwe-e-palai", "waiapile"). According to Hermann Niggemeyer (museum director until 1972), a pearl pendant used to be attached to the container until it got lost in 1950
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
kaune
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1913. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (West, Hatanuru Waematan)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
17,4 cm
Materials
Bamboo
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20517
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Lime container,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/210.
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