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Object Number
2019.10.13
Display Title
Coconut purse with woven covering
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Coconut shell, covered with woven plant fiber, natural and dyed pink linear design, attached round fiber lid, shell clasp, braided strap
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1971 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Coconut shell , Pandanus Dye Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 15.24 × 15.24 cm (5 1/2 × 6 × 6 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.10.13
Credit Line
Gift of Rebecca Shore, Hannah Powell, Kaethe Shore and John Joseph Shore in honor of Dr. S. Langi Kavaliku (Harvard BA, 1961), Fuiva Kavaliku, and the people of Tonga.
Provenance
Collector
Edward A. Shore
Collector
Joan Oliver Shore
(1927)
Donor
Donated by
Rebecca Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Kaethe Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
John Joseph Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Hannah Powell
(3/11/2019)
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