- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Polished coconut-shell vessel. [FB 04/06/2015]
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- By 1888
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1920
- Materials and processes
- Material Coconut Husk Plant, Process Polished, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 65 x 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.279
Search terms: Vessel
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