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Bamboo container

mid 20th century
Object PlaceMakira (San Christobal), Solomon Islands
Medium/TechniqueWood, engraved
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 30.8 x 5.5 cm (12 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Governor Carlton Skinner and Solange Skinner
Accession number2010.608
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Provenance1968, received as a gift in San Christobal, Solomon Islands, by Dr. Solange Skinner, Boston; 2010, gift of Solange Skinner to the MFA. (Accession date: September 22, 2010)
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
19th–20th century
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