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Kapu akari

human history
  • Other Name

    Kapu akari no te inu (Cook Islands)

    Cup (English)

  • Description

    Kapu akari. Coconut shell cup. Used as a drinking vessel. High polish. Formed from a whole coconut shell with an end cut off to form a cup. Mid to dark brown in colour.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1969.71
  • Accession Date
    21 Mar 1969
  • Other Id

    40970 (ethnology)

  • Department
Kapu akari, 1969.71, 40970, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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