Breadfruit peeler, cowry shell

Tools

Museum number:
11-3192
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Accession number:
Acc.932
Object count:
1
Description:
Fishing charm (scraper?) of cowrie
Donor:
Saul H. Riesenberg
Collection place:
Pohnpei Island, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Culture or time period:
Micronesian and Pohnpeian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)