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Globe-shaped coconut box with slightly domed circular lid with a turned ebony knop on a bulbous round body raised on a turned ebony shaft and domed coconut base. The lid, body and base are densly carved with animal figures in round or lunette shaped reserves, enclosed by varriously patterned borders including: flowerheads, gadrooning, and flutting.
boxes (containers)
carving (processes)
coconut (fruit)
ebony (wood)
incising
lining (process)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
animals
floral patterns
gadrooning
lunettes
Coconut
Ebony
Lined
Carved
Incised
Mythical Animal
Lunette
Floral
Gadroon
Flute
BOX
Incised on the lid and base sides are carved animals identified: ""Hare on lid"", ""Lion, Tiger, Bull, Elephant, Buffalo, Pig, porcupine, Polecat, Hedgehog, Wild Rat and Dog"".
Floral
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
9 1/4 x 5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1493B
Maine (United States)
Title Box Lid Accession Number 1991.1493A
Title Accession Number
Title Accession Number
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