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vessel

The coconut vessel is opened at the top with a single hole and carved with a rounded bottom. The outside of the vessel is decorated with raised triangular band patterns forming arches and swirls. The patterns are mirrored between the top and bottom halves.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
containers (receptacles)
Dimensions
General: 12.5 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut shell carved; drilled; hollowed out
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12883d
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12883d

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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