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Object Number 20-42-70/D1313
Display Title Nut of the boab tree carved by natives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Nut, whole, oblong, engravings of zoomorphs and other designs on exterior, cracked, tapered at one end, short wooden stem protruding from other end, contents loose
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Derby, inland from
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 × 10.4 × 10.4 cm (7 9/16 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D 1313
Provenance
Collector Mrs. M. J. Brandmarch
Seller Donated by Unknown (1920)

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