Baobab Nut
31-33-174
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-174 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Round baobab pod, with long bent stem. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Design of leaves and three-petalled tulip-like flowers, with jagged outlines. Large open crack. |
| Length | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 334 - Other Number |
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