Lime Container
| Object Number: | P2101A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ifugao |
| Provenience: | Philippine Islands Northern Luzon |
| Date Made: | 1907 |
| Early Date: | 1906 |
| Late Date: | 1907 |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Man |
| Height: | 10.8 cm |
| Width: | 5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with Peabody Museum, 1910 |
Description
Small urn-shaped wooden container with a stopper (B) carved in the form of a seated figure, elbows on knees. Used to carry powdered lime which is chewed, along with areca nut and betel leaf, as a mild stimulant and facilitator of social intercourse.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Creating the Quid: Betel Chewing Paraphernalia from Asia and the Pacific (05 Apr 1997 - 31 Dec 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Casal, Gabriel S. 1981. The People and Art of the Philippines.. Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 209 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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