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Carved coconut
Object Number 16-43-50/B1515
Display Title Carved coconut
Descriptions
Inventory Description Coconut, two half shells, thin walls, exterior incised and carved, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, linear and geometric designs, one shell perforated at top
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date Pre-1897
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Coconut shell
Dimensions Overall (measurement of larger): 8.1 × 9.9 × 10 cm (3 3/16 × 3 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B/1515 ; 24,465
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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