container
- Museum number
- As1974,24.6
- Description
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Container made of shell (coconut), wood, fibre (vegetable).
- Production date
- 20thC (early-mid)
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.50 centimetres
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Weight: 130 grammes
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Depth: 9.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See AOA Ethdoc 1840 - notes by vendor. This is presumably:
'One container (coconut) (tabo-tabo)
Found in Mamasa. These were used for taking coffee to the padi fields for the day's work. It was made by a male Toraja about thirty years ago. The holder and handle are woven ratan around the coconut. The top is carved from a separate piece of wood.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1987, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 12), 'Toraja'
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1974,24.6