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Object Number
37-98-70/698
Display Title
Coconut shell container for cooked meat for children
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
boko
Inventory Description
Pot, coconut shell, wood lid with cord, woven fiber basketry with pedestal base
Classification
- Pot
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Dutch East Indies
/
<State>
/
Nias Island
/
Soliga
/
Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms
Central
Materials
Coconut shell, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 17.8 x 13.2 x 13.4 cm (7 x 5 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-98-70/698
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