Coconut Grater
MOA: University of British Columbia
3274/13 a-b
Breadfruit wood seat (part a) with serrated metal grater (part b). The seat is animal-shaped, with four legs, a tail, and a head where the grater attaches. The back is u-shaped. The grater is a flat piece of metal that has a slightly raised head, with a hole at centre, and teeth around the outside.
- Type of Item grater
- Culture Yapese
- Material breadfruit wood, metal
- Measurements height 26.5 cm, width 72.0 cm, depth 16.5 cm (part a) height 23.0 cm, width 4.2 cm, depth 1.5 cm (part b)
- Previous Owner William H. Alkire
- Received from William H. Alkire
- Made in Lamotrek
- Collection Date during 1962
- Ownership Date before August 16, 2017
- Acquisition Date on August 16, 2017
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3274/0013 a-b