Lime container

Title

Lime container

Description

Lime container made of calabash, glass beads are missing; the attached fastener is made of a different material, presumably wood

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, most likely Waraloin)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

11cm

Materials

Calabash, glass beads (missing), wood

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

20576

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/237.

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