Dipper of coconut shell and a carved wooden handle

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Object Number 47-44-50/6160

Display Title Dipper of coconut shell and a carved wooden handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Dipper, coconut shell bowl, top cut, carved, incised, and burnished wood handle

Classification

Food processing

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Inhambane

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Portuguese East Africa: Inhambane, vicinity of

Materials Coconut, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 57.3 x 10.2 x 8.4 cm (22 9/16 x 4 x 3 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 47-44-50/6160/ #28

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