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Geigash, Haihash, Tobacco Pouch

Geigash, Haihash, Tobacco Pouch

2000.01.0006

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Geigash, Haihash, Tobacco Pouch (2000.01.0006)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Personal Gear : Smoking & Drug Equipment
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Oceania--Micronesia : Federated States of Micronesia : Lamotrek Island of the Yap Islands in the Caroline Islands
Period	N/A
Date	1962
Culture	Yap, Yapese, Micronesian
Location	On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	21.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	14.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	2.7 cm
Weight	38 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Plant--Leaf
Manufacturing Processes	N/A

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
Bibliography	Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965. Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937. Photo of item in Eugene Dillenburg's Exhibit Gallery Webpage, July 3, 2005.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction	No

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