Baobab Nut
31-33-172
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-172 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Oval baobab pod, with stem. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Designs include sea turtle, shark(?), round flat fish, band of eight contiguous diamonds, lines with spiral ends. Small hole leaking black powder. |
| Length | 16.2 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 257 - Other Number |
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