Baobab Nut
P2424
From: Australia | Queensland
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P2424 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Queensland |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Long oval baobab pod with no stem. Rattles when shifted. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Five lateral bands of decoration: four of closely spaced parallel lines, one (at end opposite stem end) cross-hatched, forming pattern of small diamonds. Number 22657 written on it. Dark brown powder leaking from small hole near stem end. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911 |
| Other Number | 22657 - Dealer's Number |
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