Oil Flask - Cocoa-Nut Shell
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARVED COCONUT CUP. LABEL: PRINTED: "OIL FLASK (NDANGO-NDANGO)". (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Coconut shell carved with linear design on the upper half of the shell. One band of design goes around the circumference at midpoint. From this, vertical lines to top create bands with different linear incising. There are 3 holes on each opposite side of rim through which twisted vegetal fiber cords were placed to serve as handle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2995-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Container
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.88 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm