Gourd Lime Container

Trobriand Islands

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1970s or 1980s

Gourd, decorated with burnt-in designs, rolled banana leaves and a pig tusk

Overall: 8 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.5 × 17 × 17 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Cynthia and Douglas McCollum in memory of Audrey and Robert McCollum

2018.29.14

Geography

Place Made: Trobrian Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Vessel

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Audrey and Robert McCollum; to thier children, Cynthia and Douglas McCollum; given to present collection, 2018.

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