cover;
vessel-cover(?)
- Museum number
- Oc1898,-.38
- Description
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Network, mesh, of two-ply cord for covering a calabash. Twisted coir neck.
- Curator's comments
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Register slip comment:
'Network covering (koko-puu puu- for a chief's calabash (ipu)'.
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Sewn on handwritten paper label:
H.M Queen Emma / Koko Puupuu
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1975 – 1985 12 Dec-23 Jun, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, Hawaii
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1898,-.38
- Additional IDs
-
CDMS number: Oc1898C3.38 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 4412 (Bishop Museum catalogue number)
