Plate
65-8-21
From: Caroline Islands | Nukuoro
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 65-8-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Caroline Islands | Nukuoro |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Palm Leaf |
| Description | Coconut leaflet; basket-like; a disposable plate used at feasts. This form invented after World War II for use in feasts where service is cafeteria style, a fashion picked up in American school. |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Width | 20 cm |
| Depth | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Vern Carroll, 1965 |
| Other Number | 36 - Other Number |
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