Baobab Nut
31-33-414
From: Australia | Western Australia | Kimberley Region
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 31-33-414 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Australia | Western Australia | Kimberley Region |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Baobab Nut |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Fat oval baobab pod with no stem. The dark outer skin has been scratched to produce designs by revealing the lighter colored woody layer below. Designs include a ten petalled daisy-like flower with two leaves and roots, branches with leaves, chains of concentric circles and arcs, and creatures: a fish, a turtle (?) with domed shell and many feet, etc. Cracked, small triangular piece missing. |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from A. E. West, 1931 |
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