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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