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water container (container (containers))
Water Carrier, Kanak people, Grand Terre, New Caledonia, Southern Melanesia.
The artistry embodied by this functional water carrier from the Kanak people of New Caledonia lies in the remarkable net enclosing the large bottle gourd within (Lagenaria siceraria). Plaited from the husk fibres of the invaluable coconut (Cocos nucifera), which literally makes human life possible in many parts of the Pa…
Type of item
- water containers (containers (containers))
Type of item
- water containers (containers (containers))
Providing institution
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Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/67093
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:22:38.563Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:56:14.230Z