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vessel

The vessel consists of a hollowed-out coconut with a hole. The whole nut is modelled over with plant putty and pieces of snail shells are pressed into the upper half, forming triangular ornaments.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
containers (receptacles)
Dimensions
General: 12.2 cm Partial dimensions (circumference): 45.5 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut; snail; parinarium putty carved; sanded; hollowed; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07479
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D07479

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1910
    where
    Bougainville
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections
Secondary literature
Ribbe: S. 133 Abb. 136

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