Ornament (uncertain)
Coconut
| Object Number: | 2003-32-323 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Marquesas Islands Nuku Hiva |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Coconut |
| Length: | 13.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1994.X.11536 - Other Number 13477 - Other Number |
Description
Small (young, lenticular) coconut with large blue-edged label, in French, identifying it as an "Ornement de Nouka Hiwa" [Nuka Hiva] exhibited by the "Comite agricole" [Agricultural Committee]. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.
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