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Drinking bowl

This thin-walled drinking bowl made of coconut was probably used to drink kava. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Drinking bowl
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 cm
Diameter: 16 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut stone shell carved, Polished
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
027465

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Hengstenberg; 0498
  • Production
    when
    around 1900 or earlier
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Samoa
Provenance
This drinking bowl came into the museum's collection in 1902 as a gift from Ernst Hengstenberg. The exact provenance of the object is currently unknown. Text: Ulrich Menter

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