Lime container
Title
Lime container
Description
Lime container made of calabash with strings of glass beads wrapped around it on each side. Two additional yellow metal bells are attached to the pendant on the left-hand side and three yellow metal bells on the right-hand side
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
tabeale
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, Paa)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
16 cm
Materials
Calabash, glass beads, yellow metal
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20575a
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Lime container,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed January 1, 2026, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/236.
Comments