Coconut Grater Stool
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 May 2013
label: Collection Date
content: 1972
name: label: Collector
content: Richard Feinberg
label: Donor Name
content: Richard Feinberg
notes: label: Notes
content: Handcarved, three-legged wooden bench. Seat has piece of coconut shell (the scraper) strapped to one end. Tag with object: "Te Vakautuei", "Martin Vakaopea Anuta Island August 21, 1972".
label: Notes
content: Made of Calophyllum wood (te Petau), sennit cord (kapa). Made by Martin Vakaopea and given to R. Feinberg 8/21/1972. This traditionally has coconut shell serrated edge scraper blade (this one is broken). Martin Vakaopea made this item for Feinberg with a coconut shell so that the scraper was more traditional. The triangle ridges below the piece are decorations. These objects are made by men, while both women and men grate coconuts. This is the standard grater form. (Per curator Joshua Bell; notes from speaking to Feinberg 8/16/12).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Anuta Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anutan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2059846
label: USNM Number
content: E433229-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stool
physicalDescription: label: Length - Seat
content: 78.8 cm
label: Width - Distance Between "Y" Legs
content: 41 cm
label: Height
content: 44.5 cm