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1906.58.51.1

Coconut shell container [.1] filled with dry coconut milk [.3] for food on journeys; fragment of coconut husk [.2] found inside the coconut shell container. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/5/2005]

1906.58.51.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coconut shell container [.1] filled with dry coconut milk [.3] for food on journeys; fragment of coconut husk [.2] found inside the coconut shell container. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 16/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Tuvalu
Oceania > Polynesia > Tuvalu
Funafuti
Person
Field collector William Johnson Sollas
PRM source William Johnson Sollas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1896
Date collected
1896
Acquisition information
Donated: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Coconut Husk Plant, Material Coconut Plant, Process Dried
Dimensions
Diameter: max 40 mm, Diameter: max 120 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.58.51.1 Accession number: 1906.58.51.2 Accession number: 1906.58.51.3

Search terms: Plant, Food and Drink, Transport and Travel, Food

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