Object Number | P911 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kayan |
Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bamboo | Wood | Tobacco | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
Description | Segment of bamboo, carved wooden stopper with bead and twisted fiber grip. Bands of incised and colored patterns, including paired leaves and stylized aso motifs. Tobacco inside. "Carved bamboo tobacco box, used by the Kayans to hold both tobacco and rolls of banana leaf, whereof cigarettes are made." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters) |
Height | 26.987 cm |
Width | 5.715 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Other Number | 23-2 - Other Number |
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