charm
- Museum number
- Oc1989,02.16
- Description
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Charm made of a small coconut, possibly carved to represent a crocodile with open jaws. The head is decorated with incised carving infilled with lime and red pigment triangles in front of the eyes. The pointed end is peforated and threaded with a short fine fibre string.
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.80 centimetres
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Width: 2.30 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1989
- Acquisition notes
- A collection from Papua New Guinea formed between 1938 and 1970, during the donor's and her husband's (Rev. Herbert Alfred Brown) missionary work there.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1989,02.16