Container Item Number: C441 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket-shaped coconut shell container with handle. All one piece of coconut shell; three dark lines come up the sides of the container from the bottom centre.
History Of Use
For water
Item History
- Made in Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands before 1909
- Collected during 1909
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- C441
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- coconut nutshell and lacquer
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut and polished
- Overall
- height 15.5 cm, diameter 14.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Solomon Islands
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
When
- Creation Date
- before 1909
- Collection Date
- during 1909
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/0810