Bowl

Museum number:
11-40739
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2529
Description:
bowl, long bi-pointed oval; wood; below rim on center (both sides) is skate in relief with yabo (wild-boar tusk ornament) motifs; below rim at both ends (both sides) is lizard ornament, both incised and in relief, with legs turned into yabo motifs; food preparation bowl
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tami Islands, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 11-40739, described as bowl, long bi-pointed oval; wood; below rim on center (both sides) is skate in relief with yabo (wild-boar tusk ornament) motifs; below rim at both ends (both sides) is lizard ornament, both incised and in relief, with legs turned into yabo motifs; food preparation bowl

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