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Cocoanut shell dish
Object Number 36-105-70/374
Display Title Cocoanut shell dish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, coconut shell, incised curvlinear band rim, black and orange painted
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Materials Coconut shell, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 10.3 x 15 x 15 cm (4 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/374

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