Lime container

Title

Lime container

Description

Square lime container with lid, made of palm leaf

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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, Saleman)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

4,5 x 7 x 5,5 cm

Materials

Palm leaf

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

20754a

Curatorial notes

The original description refers to the place of creation as "Seleman".

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/288.

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

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