Damaru or lama's hand drum made of two hemispheres of coconut shell covered with human(?) skin, with attached beaters of cloth, used for summoning demons in Tantric ritual: Tibet

Spoon with bowl of coconut shell and handle of wood carved at top with foliage: Sri Lanka

Ladle, bowl carved with lions and floral decoration, long wooden handle carved with zoomorphic and floral decoration, wood and coconut shell inlay: Sri Lanka, possibly 19th century

Cup of polished coconut shell, with lug and coconut fibre: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Drinking cup of polished coconut shell, with web handle of woven coir: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Water vessel of coconut shell, engraved in zones with zigzag and hatched ornamentation: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Kava drinking cup of coconut shell, produced by long usage in kava drinking: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Circular cup for drinking kava, made from part of a coconut shell and fitted with web of plaited sinnet for use as a handle: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Deep, circular cup for drinking kava, made from part of a coconut shell, terminating in a perforated point below: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Cup formed from half a coconut shell, polished, and inlaid on margin with designs in pearl shell: Melanesian, Solomon Islands

Armlet formed of a section of coconut shell engraved with patterns using a sharpened pig's tooth: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Futuna, late 19th century

Armlet formed of a section of coconut shell engraved with patterns using a sharpened pig's tooth: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Futuna, late 19th century

Armlet formed of a section of coconut shell engraved with patterns using a sharpened pig's tooth: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Futuna, late 19th century

Armlet formed of a section of coconut shell engraved with patterns using a sharpened pig's tooth: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Futuna, late 19th century

Armlet formed of a section of coconut shell engraved with patterns using a sharpened pig's tooth: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Futuna, late 19th century

Nose pin of shaped clam shell (Tridacna) ornamented with three incised bands of hatching at one end, attached is a string of white shell and brown coconut shell beads: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 19th century