Water Carrier (Object)
2003-32-250
From: Society Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-32-250 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Society Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Coconut | Coconut Fiber | Wood |
| Description | Water carrier. Coconut shell with hole in top, second hole for carrying cord. Remains of coconut fiber cord and bamboo (?) stopper (broken - only half present). The coconut fiber rope is braided Society Islands style. "Colonie de Tahiti 13242 / . . . de Exposant Colonie . . . .gargoulette" Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. |
| Height | 14.3 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1994.X.11540 - Other Number | 13242 - Other Number | CIVIC1994.X.11540 - Other Number |
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