Lime container
Title
Lime container
Description
Long, round lime container made of bamboo with colored ornaments, a pendant consisting of strings of colorful glass beads, three snail shells, a shell disc, a yellow metal ring and six bells wrapped around the bottom and attached to the lid
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
kanelawai
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, Apio)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
19,4 cm (1,6 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bamboo, glass beads, yellow metal, shell
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20550
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Lime container,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 31, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/224.
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