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Coconut husker/scraper

Artist Unknown artist(s)

Date20th century

MediumWood and metal

DimensionsOverall Inches: closed: 2-1/2 x 24 x 6-7/8 inches, open: 7-3/4 x 25 x 6-7/8 inches; Overall Centimeters: closed: 6.4 x 61 x 17.5 cm, open: 19.7 x 63.5 x 17.5 cm

Credit LineGift of Allen and Barbara Davis in memory of Margaret F. Plass

Object number2016.166

Collections

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

Object NameDecorative arts

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureSwahili

GeographyAfrica

On View

On view

Century

Twentieth

Exhibition HistoryInaugural installation: African Gallery (210), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 – present; African Brilliance: A Diplomat's Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, February 8 – May 24, 2020 (closed March 17, 2020 due to the pandemic).Published ReferencesPurdy, Janet M., "Catalogue 63: Coconut Husker (Mbuzi), Swahili People, Tanzania” A Diplomat’s Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/african-brilliance/page/catalogue-63.