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Description: | A lime container made from a whole coconut which has had one of its eyes opened to extract the meat. The other two eyes have been inlaid with discs of chambered nautilus shell. Between these two eyes a row of triangular tesserae of the same shell runs down the side of the coconut in opposing pairs. Label: one black exhibition label, printed.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn14127
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn14127 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | nut (plant material) containers (containers) coconut mother of pearl | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-128692 | Go to resource |
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