Baobab Nut
31-33-167
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-167 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Globular baobab pod, with long bent stem. Heavy "lump" moving freely inside. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Design is bands of longitudinal wavy lines, circular concentric plain and wavy lines around ends. "Showing first type of native carving." |
| Length | 19.2 cm |
| Width | 12.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 79 - Other Number |
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