lime-container;
file
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1281
- Description
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Rectangular linen bag stamped 491 in black; tied to reverse: curving cylindrical piece of coral, white with yellow patina. Inside bag: numerous sherds of gourd, some with skin scraped.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 1.40 centimetres (coral)
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Length: 19.50 centimetres (bag)
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Length: 14.80 centimetres (coral)
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Length: 5.90 centimetres (largest sherd, with neck)
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Width: 13 centimetres (bag)
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Width: 1.90 centimetres (neck of largest sherd)
- Curator's comments
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Expedition label stamped DANIELS ETHNOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION written in black ink by William Cooke Daniels reads: 'Tubetube 6963 C'. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
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Entry 6963C in William Cooke Daniels' Tubetube catalogue reads: 'WARAKÄUKÄURI-PATUNA in process of making from a gourd, v.6963B. The piece of coral is used as a file to enlarge the mouth of the gourd' (1905: 23). Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1281
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous Number: 491 (Cooke Daniels Number)
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Miscellaneous Number: 6963C (Cooke Daniels Number)