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Object Number 41-54-70/1993
Display Title Coconut - carved with cross-hatching hearts and diamonds
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, coconut, cross hatch linear diamond and heart motif, 2 holes
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 10.6 x 10.6 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 41-54-70/1993
Provenance
Donor Donated by Heirs of David Kimball
Donor Donated by Mrs. Henry C. Grant

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