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coconut scraper

The coconut scraper is made of dark brown wood in the shape of a rectangular board. A shell is attached to a small stick.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
culinary equipment
Dimensions
Partial dimensions (board): 21 x 2.8 x 52.5 cm Partial dimensions (shell holder): 7 x 11 cm Partial dimensions (shell): 8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; shell; parinarium putty carved; polished
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09034
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09034

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Bougainville
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections
Secondary literature
C. Ribbe Dresden 1903: s. 113 ff. B. Blackwood Oxford 1935: Plate 38 (gegenüber 292)

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