Container for holding oil made from the shell of a nut
- Made:
- 1890-1920
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Container for holding oil made from the shell of a nut, twisted reel stopper and suspension loop, Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, South Seas, 1890-1920; known as "Ponga Ponga" in vernacular
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A96755
- Materials:
- shell, nut, reed and fibre
- type:
- containers
- credit:
- Kennedy, D.G.
