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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 331966, member: 55"]My thought exactly. I got to that conclusion in a roundabout way though...the square hole on one side and the round one on the other clued me in. There are some simple ethnic musical instruments that use a gourd or other spherical object as a resonator, and they have the same sort of holes; usually the neck is inserted and stabilized by the square hole, with a rounded peg coming out the other side. So I realized there was a handle or such missing from the coconut; and since any attachment for an instrument's skin head was lacking, it must be a water dipper.</p><p>Cheryl got to the conclusion much quicker![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 331966, member: 55"]My thought exactly. I got to that conclusion in a roundabout way though...the square hole on one side and the round one on the other clued me in. There are some simple ethnic musical instruments that use a gourd or other spherical object as a resonator, and they have the same sort of holes; usually the neck is inserted and stabilized by the square hole, with a rounded peg coming out the other side. So I realized there was a handle or such missing from the coconut; and since any attachment for an instrument's skin head was lacking, it must be a water dipper. Cheryl got to the conclusion much quicker![/QUOTE]
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