Food bowl

Museum number:
11-37803
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
Sepik River cultures
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1957-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
To hold cooked food.
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food bowl, accession number 11-37803, described as Food bowl, carved wood; carved lugs (one broken off) at either end, projecting from "shoulders" on underside of bowl; traces of white pigment on bottom; length: 29.4 cm; width 12.4 cm.

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