Lime Stopper

Middle Sepik River
Papua New Guinea

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not dated

Wood, raffia, and string

Overall: 14 15/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (38 × 6 × 6.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

2019.97.38

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Gear: Lime Container

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin, Los Angeles, California 1950; Harry A. Franklin Family, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 2019.

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