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Cocoanut container for salt (Tjalon)
Cocoanut container for salt (Tjalon)
Object Number 48-58-70/3045
Display Title Cocoanut container for salt (Tjalon)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tjalon
Inventory Description Pot, hollow coconut, incised circular designs, lid, perforated, twisted fiber ti
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali
Materials Coconut shell
Dimensions Overall: 9.1 x 9 x 9.6 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-58-70/3045; 11

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