lime-dipper
- Museum number
- Am1904,0718.1
- Description
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Lime-dipper made of gold by casting. It has the form of a long pin with a cup-shaped terminal. It was probably used to extract the lime from a gold lime-flask.
- Production date
- 200BC-1200
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 3.10 centimetres
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Length: 55.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image'
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1904,0718.1
