Breadfruit peeler, cowry shell

Museum number:
11-3193
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.932
Description:
Breadfruit peeler 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:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1966-1967 #96: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 20, 1967–April 20, 1967), S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967), S1967-1968 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 2, 1968–February 5, 1968), and S1976-1977 #11: Department of Nutritional Sciences (UC Berkeley) (September 17, 1976–March 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Breadfruit peeler, cowry shell, accession number 11-3193, described as Breadfruit peeler of cowrieHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Breadfruit peeler, cowry shell, accession number 11-3193, described as Breadfruit peeler of cowrie
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breadfruit peeler, cowry shell, accession number 11-3193, described as Breadfruit peeler of cowrie

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