Carved Coconut-shell Box
Carved or decorated coconut shells were popular with collectors around 1600s because of their exotic associations. The intricately flowing but symmetrical pattern of oak, grape and other vine motifs is probably inspired by a late 16th century ornament engraving, as by Hans Col...
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13361
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object
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M. Léon Aymonier, Paris, 1949 [from the ""Merci"" Train]; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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5
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coconut shell, metal hinges
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