container
- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.60
- Description
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Carved container made of coconut, with a hole at the top.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Curator's comments
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Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.112:
'60. Carved cocoa-nut. Diameter 6 inches. From Louisiada Archipelago.'
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Stuck-on handwritten label:
48. Louisiade Archo.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Acquisition notes
- From the HMS Rattlesnake expedition of 1846-1850.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.60