Bamboo bottle

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this bamboo bottle, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

According to Jackson’s research, this bamboo bottle contained red ochre used for body adornment during rituals. The ochre was applied as part of initiation ceremonies or in preparation for warfare. While Jackson was living in Papua New Guinea he saw the ochre used by men and boys, but not by women. Red ochre was often a spiritually significant pigment for the indigenous people of Papua New Guinea.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Bamboo, red ochre and natural fibre.
Measurements
224 x 34 x 34mm - LxWxD
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/64

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