DepartmentAsia

Teluok (Betel Box with nutcracker)

NameStorage box for nuts

Artist Artist not recorded

CulturePantar Island

Dateca. late 19th-early 20th century

Place madePantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Asia

MediumWood and mother of pearl shell

DimensionsH: 8”, W: 2.75”, D: 1.5”

Credit LineGift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts

Object numberA.2025.29.3

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Provenanceex. coll. Ralph T. Coe [came to Coe Center upon his passing in 2010]. Box Purchased from James Barker. Collected in Indonesia in the 90s Nutcracker, gift of Glenn Westfall, 2015

DescriptionAn Indonesian betel nut storage box with a nutcracker component, inlaid with traditional mother of pearl designs, notably two circles with "3" like designs on either side.