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1937.52.15.5

Gaming disk made of coconut shell [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2005]

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1937.52.15.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Gaming disk made of coconut shell [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/3/2005]
Geographical reference
Samoa
Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1937
Materials and processes
Material Coconut Husk Plant, Process Incised
Dimensions
Diameter: max 70 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1937.52.15.5
Research and responses

Related Documents File [James Thomas Hooper, Catalogue of Ethnographical Material] - The museum has a photocopy of Hooper's accession and dispersal records, which are bound as two volumes and kept in a separate box file. Items are arranged according to Hooper's own numbering system [RTS 21/11/2003].

Search terms: Toy and Game, Gaming Piece

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