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1998.10.20

Coconut shell grater, with a wooden handle and serrated piece of white-grey shell bound using yarn to the handle. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/4/2005]

1998.10.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coconut shell grater, with a wooden handle and serrated piece of white-grey shell bound using yarn to the handle. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/4/2005]
Cultural groups
Kapingamarangi
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1951
Date collected
1951
Acquisition information
Donated: 20/02/1998
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Yarn, Material Shell, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Length: max 166 mm, Height: max 91 mm, Width: max 61 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1998.10.20
Research and responses

Dr Hughes (Jesus College, Oxford, 1939) has written on Micronesia, and several of his books can be found in the Bodleian Library and in Rhodes House.

Search terms: Food and Drink, Tool, Grater, Food Accessory

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