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Object Number 99-15-70/53886
Display Title Ipu fai vale, cocoa nut shell for dye
Descriptions
Inventory Description Coconut shell, half shell, semi-spherical, hollow, rounded, irregular rim
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Coconut shell
Dimensions Overall: 5 × 9.9 × 9.8 cm (1 15/16 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53886
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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