Baobab Nut
31-33-170
From: Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-170 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Derby, Western Australia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Round baobab pod, no stem. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Designs include a sea turtle, ray, butterfly (?), leaves, three petalled flower. Concentric circles around stem end. "Showing first type of native carving." |
| Length | 12.4 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
| Other Number | 82 - Other Number |
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