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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Linda Oliver, post: 1790025, member: 14414&quot;]Just found this website and saw your coconut. I collect them and they are considered whaling art.&nbsp; They are very difficult to find, and valuable. While onboard whaling ships, the whalers Would carve coconuts as a past time, from coconuts they picked up when anchoring in tropical areas that had coconut trees.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mouth, at the end when viewing the coconut, is a symbol of the four winds blowing the ships to see. Because there are French Fluer de Lís, The person The carved it was probably from France or had French origins.&nbsp; It probably was done late 18th to early 19th century.</p><p>I believe it might’ve been a powder&nbsp; flask, especially if the insert into the mouth is brass. It should have two little brass eye screws That would’ve held a probably, leather, strap</p><p><br /></p><p>To find more information about carved Coconuts, you can research it online, if you include a description as WHALING ART, Carved coconuts.</p><p>There are examples in Whaling museums.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen more primitive ones and much more detailed refind examples. Yours is somewhere in the middle. The more refined, polished, engraved looking workmanship bring the highest price. Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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