Lime container
Title
Lime container
Description
Round bamboo lime container with ornaments ("hassalati", "waiapile" with a centered "oiale", the bride's "haapita"), attached a string with glass beads
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
kaune
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, Raleosawelit)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
16,3 cm (2 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bamboo, glass beads
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20907
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Lime container,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 15, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/303.
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