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Model ausa’alo (coconut grating stool)

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NameModel ausa’alo (coconut grating stool)

Production1936; Malifa

Classificationseating furniture

Materialswood, shell (plant material), plant fibre

Dimensions140, 278

Registration NumberFE003108/1

Credit lineGift of Dr Alex M Rutherford, 1954

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Category

Made of: wood
shell (plant material)
plant fibre
Type of: seating furniture
Influenced by: Polynesian
Sāmoan

Place

Made in: Malifa (Sāmoa)

People & Organisations

Refers to: Malifa School
Belonged to: Donald Alexander John Rutherford
Mrs Wilhelmina Rutherford