Coconut Grater
| Object Number: | 2013-18-50 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Federated States of Micronesia Mortlock Islands Oneop |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Tridacna Shell |
| Height: | 0.8 cm |
| Length: | 10 cm |
| Width: | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Stephen B. Richmond, 2013 |
| Other Number: | 240 - Collector Number |
Description
Coconut grater blade made from a giant clam shell (Tridacna sp ). Convex/concave. Wavy exterior ridges of the clam shell on convex face. Lashed to the projecting neck of a coconut grating stool and used to grate the flesh of a cut coconut.
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