Baobab Nut
31-33-168
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-168 |
| 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. Design of jagged lines, forming concentric spirals and infilled branching bulbous shapes. Small seeds (?) rattling inside. Small hole, leaking fine black powder. |
| Length | 16.6 cm |
| Width | 9.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 80 - Other Number |
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