Baobab Nut
31-33-173
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-173 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Long oval baobab pod, with stem. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. In this case the finely toothed incised lines, forming a squared-off meander, have been filled in with red pigment. Small irregular hole on one side. |
| Length | 21.5 cm |
| Width | 10.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 258 - Other Number |
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